Over the past decade, a substantial body of research exploring soundscapes in religious
historical buildings has emerged, yet a comprehensive summary of this work is lacking. This …

This paper aims at evaluating the acoustical quality of historical Ottoman masjids in Algeria.
Measurements were carried out according to current international standards, allowing …

Purpose Mosques are built with dome-shaped ceilings for communal worship with common
architectural styles worldwide for prayer. Since the acoustics of worship buildings are just as …

In this paper, the acoustics of multi-purpose colonial theaters in Algeria, those of Algiers and
Bejaia, are studied to evaluate their acoustic conditions (suitability for music and speech) in …

The study of the Hindu temple's acoustics, acoustic characteristics, sound quality for clarity of
music and speech intelligibility, and other applicable acoustic parameters must be …

In this study, the passive acoustic performance of Necmettin Erbakan University Köyceğiz
Campus Masjid was investigated. Designed as the largest masjid of the city with a capacity …

The majority of Algerian mosques, old or contemporaneous, have not been studied under an
acoustic perspective. Sidi Soufi is one of the oldest mosques in the town of Bejaia, built in …

Italy is a country rich in historical monuments such as: churches, theatres, squares, historic
buildings, castles. The problem is to use these buildings for the purposes of possible cultural …

The churches represent a building type acoustically very complex given their dimensions,
the reflecting finish materials of the envelope and the volume composition including domes …

The St Spirit's church of Aversa, in Italy, is part of the rich clerical patrimony in Baroque style.
The earthquake occurred in 1732 determined the collapse of the entire vaults and roof, left in …