#minaret
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~ Dusk On Medina ~
By Raphael Lacoste
Matte Painting done for an Imax Film “Journey To Mecca”
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Facade and Minaret of Blue Mosque in Yerevan, Armenia (1764-1768)
Husayn Ali Khan
(Photograph by frans.sellies)
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Minaret of Ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo, Egypt, built entirely of carved stucco, red brick, and plaster, with a helical (spiral) outer staircase (similar to the minaret in Samarra). It was said one could climb these stairs on a horse and this has fascinated me since childhood. Architectural historian Doris Behrens-Abouseif asserts that Sultan Lajin, who restored the mosque in 1296, was responsible for the construction of the current minaret. Photographed by K.A.C. Creswell circa 1921-1924.
Great Mosque - Touba, Senegal
One of the largest mosques in Africa, The Great Mosque of Touba, is little known outside of Senegal. It can hold up to 7000 people. Since its completion in 1963 it has been continuously enlarged and embellished.
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The Al-Malwiya minaret at the Al-Mutawakkil Mosque, in Samarra, Iraq. Photograph by Karim Kadim / AP.
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