Belfries were built both separately from the temple and on its roof. Their ringing rang out over long distances, people recognized him, priests and parishioners were proud of him. On the walls of temples sometimes "planted" stone figures - gargoyles. Usually they decorated gutters, and water flowed from the jaws of the monsters.

The world's largest temple is Angkor Wat in Cambodia, built in the 12th century. On its territory will fit 8317 tennis courts! The people who built the spiers of churches stood on narrow wooden forests. It was a difficult and very dangerous job.

Why are mosques in mosques?

Minarets are tall thin towers in mosques - temples where Muslims pray to God. Minarets, like bell towers, are directed to the sky. At the top of the minaret there is a balcony, from where the minister of the mosque - the muezzin - invites believers to prayer. Near the Chinese city of Leshan, a giant Buddha statue is carved into the rock. This 70-meter statue was built in the 9th century. Two people can easily sit on one toe of his foot.