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- Rock-cut_architecture abstract "Rock-cut architecture is the creation of structures, buildings, and sculptures, by excavating solid rock where it naturally occurs. Rock-cut architecture is designed and made by man from the start to finish. In India and China, the terms 'cave' and 'cavern' are often applied to this form of man-made architecture. However, caves and caverns, that began in natural form, are not considered to be 'rock-cut architecture' even if extensively modified. Although rock-cut structures differ from traditionally built structures in many ways, many rock-cut structures are made to replicate the facade or interior of traditional architectural forms. Interiors were usually carved out by starting at the roof of the planned space and then working downward. This technique prevents stones falling on workers below. The three main uses of rock-cut architecture were temples (like those in India), tombs (like those in Petra, Jordan) and cave dwellings (like those in Cappadocia, Turkey).Some rock-cut architecture, mostly for tombs, is excavated entirely in chambers under the surface of relatively level rock. If the excavation is instead made into the side of a cliff or steep slope, there can be an impressive facade, as found in Lycian tombs, Petra, Ajanta and elsewhere. The most laborious and impressive rock-cut architecture is the excavation of tall free-standing monolithic structures entirely below the surface level of the surrounding rock, in a large excavated hole around the structure. Ellora in India and Lalibela in Ethiopia provide the most spectacular and famous examples of such structures.Rock-cut architecture, though intensely laborious with ancient tools and methods, was presumably combined with quarrying the rock for use elsewhere; the huge amounts of stone removed have normally vanished from the site. Rock-cut architecture is also said to be cut, hewn, etc., "from the living rock". Another term sometimes associated with rock-cut architecture is monolithic architecture, which is rather applied to free-standing structures made of a single piece of material. Monolithic architecture is often rock-cut architecture (e.g. Ellora Kailasanathar Temple) but monolithic structures might be also cast of artificial material, e.g. concrete. Gomateshwara (Bahubali), the largest monolithic statue in the world is situated at Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India. It was built in 983 A.D and was carved out from a large single block of granite.".
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Abu_Simbel.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Buddhism.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Cappadocia.
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Category:Architectural_history.
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Category:Caves_of_China.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Category:Subterranea_(geography).
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Concrete.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Dugout_(shelter).
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink List_of_archaeological_sites_by_country.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink List_of_cave_monasteries.
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink List_of_colossal_sculpture_in_situ.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink List_of_megalithic_sites.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Rock-cut_tombs_in_ancient_Israel.
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Rock_(geology).
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Sardinia.
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Shravanabelagola.
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Sudan.
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLink Tarquinia.
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- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLinkText "Carved".
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rock-cut architecture".
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLinkText "cut into an existing, naturally-occurring rock formation".
- Rock-cut_architecture wikiPageWikiLinkText "cut into the native rock".