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To buildings that are rather strictly oriented on the sides of the horizon, include churches, mosques, synagogues.

The lowered edge of the lower crossbar on the dome of the Orthodox Church is facing south, the raised edge is facing north, as if it points to the North Star. The altars and chapels of Orthodox churches face east, while the bell towers face west. The entrance to the Orthodox Church is usually located on the western side.

The altars of Lutheran churches face east, the bell towers face west, and Catholic churches, on the contrary, are located on the west side.

The doors of synagogues and Muslim mosques are facing approximately north, their opposite sides are directed: mosques - to Mecca in Arabia, lying on the meridian of Voronezh, and synagogues - to Jerusalem in Palestine, lying on the meridian of Dnepropetrovsk. Therefore, in the center of Russia, they can still be oriented, and in Central Asia, or, even more so, in the countries of Southeast Asia, they rather point to the east.

Temples, pagodas, Buddhist monasteries face south.

The exit from the yurts is usually done to the south.

In houses in rural areas, more windows in living quarters are cut through on the south side, and the paint on the walls of buildings on the south side fades more and has a withered color.

In large tracts of cultivated forest, it is possible to determine the sides of the horizon by clearings, which, as a rule, are cut strictly along the north-south and east-west lines, as well as by the inscriptions of block numbers on poles installed at the intersections of clearings. On each such pillar in its upper part and on each of the four faces, numbers are affixed - the numbering of the opposite quarters of the forest; the edge between the two faces with the smallest digits shows the north direction. But often foresters do not adhere to this rule, so you still need to carefully study the area on a topographic map.

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