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  • Seljuk Minaret, minaret of the Arap Mosque, which was destroyed in 1930, Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. It was built in the Principality Period, 14th-15th century, from ashlar blocks and brick and it measures 17m to the height of the balcony. Bergama is the site of the ancient city of Pergamon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square minaret with green and white tiles, 33m high, and patio garden with mosaic tiles seen from an arcade with stucco work surrounding the horseshoe arches, Grande Mosquee de Paris, designed by Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubes, built in Neo-Mudejar style 1922-26 and inaugurated in 1926, as a gesture of thanks to the muslim soldiers who fought in France's colonial troops during the First World War, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mosque is built from reinforced concrete, with wooden carvings and mosaics brought from Morocco. The religious spaces include the grand patio, prayer room and minaret, there is an Islamic school and library, and a cafe and hammam or Turkish baths. The mosque was renovated in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square minaret with green and white tiles, 33m high, Grande Mosquee de Paris, designed by Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubes, built in Neo-Mudejar style 1922-26 and inaugurated in 1926, as a gesture of thanks to the muslim soldiers who fought in France's colonial troops during the First World War, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mosque is built from reinforced concrete, with wooden carvings and mosaics brought from Morocco. The religious spaces include the grand patio, prayer room and minaret, there is an Islamic school and library, and a cafe and hammam or Turkish baths. The mosque was renovated in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Square minaret with green and white tiles, 33m high, and patio garden with mosaic tiles, Grande Mosquee de Paris, designed by Robert Fournez, Maurice Mantout and Charles Heubes, built in Neo-Mudejar style 1922-26 and inaugurated in 1926, as a gesture of thanks to the muslim soldiers who fought in France's colonial troops during the First World War, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. The mosque is built from reinforced concrete, with wooden carvings and mosaics brought from Morocco. The religious spaces include the grand patio, prayer room and minaret, there is an Islamic school and library, and a cafe and hammam or Turkish baths. The mosque was renovated in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circular minaret of a mosque in Moulay Idriss, dated 1939, decorated with green and white tiles with Koranic inscriptions, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. This is the only circular minaret in Morocco. The town sits atop 2 hills on Mount Zerhoun and was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. It is an important pilgrimage site for muslims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circular minaret of a mosque in Moulay Idriss, dated 1939, decorated with green and white tiles with Koranic inscriptions, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. This is the only circular minaret in Morocco. The town sits atop 2 hills on Mount Zerhoun and was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. It is an important pilgrimage site for muslims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circular minaret of a mosque in Moulay Idriss, dated 1939, decorated with green and white tiles with Koranic inscriptions, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. This is the only circular minaret in Morocco. The town sits atop 2 hills on Mount Zerhoun and was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. It is an important pilgrimage site for muslims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret, with helical outer staircase, rebuilt in 1296 under Sultan Lajin, seen from the courtyard of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, consecrated 884 and founded by Ahmed Ibn Tulun, in Cairo, Egypt. This is one of the oldest mosques in Africa and the largest mosque in Cairo. Cairo's historic district is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret of the 16th century Hadzijska mosque, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret with blue and white stucco facade in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret with blue and white stucco facade viewed through a narrow street in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret, Grande Mosquee de Paris (Great Mosque of Paris), 1926, 5th arrondissement, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret in the medina or old town of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of Matniyaz Divan-begi madrasah (right) 1871, Kalta Minor (centre) 1855, and Juma minaret, 10th-13th centuries, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 7, 2010, at sunset. The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Commissioned by Muhammad Niyaz, the rectangular Matniyaz Divan-begi madrasah has a traditional main facade, its high portal, decorated with majolica, having a central pentahedral niche and corner guldastas which are geometrically patterned in blue, white and green, with green brick domes. The Juma minaret, oldest in Khiva, has a tapering brick trunk decorated with seven narrow belts of small turquoise bricks. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • High angle view of the Mir-i-Arab Madrasah, 1535, (left) and the Kalyan Minaret, 12th century, (right) Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the afternoon. The Mir-i Arab Madrasah was built by the Shaybany Ubaydallah Khan, and is still a functioning madrasah. The baked brick minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of decorative brickwork at the top of the Kalyan Minaret, 12th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the afternoon. The baked brick  minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from below of the Kalyan Minaret, 12th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 8, 2010 in the afternoon. The baked brick  minaret is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako its purpose was to summon Muslims to prayer. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Kalyan Minaret, 1127,  and Amir Alim-Khan Madrasah, 14th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 8, 2010 in the afternoon. The baked brick  minaret is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako its purpose was to summon Muslims to prayer. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, 14th-16th century, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured at sunset on July 5, 2010. Visible are its blue tile-covered dome which commands Khiva's skyline and on the right the Islam Hodja minaret, 1910, and the Juma Mosque Minaret on the left. Commissioned by the reforming Grand Visier, Islam Khodja, the minaret is 44.8 metres high, tapering towards the top, its ochre brick alternating with bands of decorative blue and white tiles. It is the final architectural achievement of the Khanates. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of courtyard, Kalyan Mosque, 1514, and Kalyan Minaret,  12th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the afternoon. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. Its plan is an open rectangle with four courtyards and seven entrances. A colonnaded arcade and 288 domes surround the vast central courtyard and one huge blue dome rises from the West side of the building. The baked brick  minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Kalyan Minaret, 12th century, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the afternoon. The baked brick  minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of the Kalyan Mosque, 1514, (right), Mir-i-Arab Madrasah, 1535, (left) and the Kalyan Minaret, 12th century, (centre right) Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 11, 2010 in the afternoon. The Mir-i Arab Madrasah was built by the Shaybany Ubaydallah Khan, and is still a functioning madrasah. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), The Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. The baked brick minaret, commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako, is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • View from behind of main dome, Kalyan Mosque, 1514, with Kalyan minaret, 12th century, in the background, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 9, 2010 in the afternoon. Built on the site of several predecessors (the original mosque dated from 795), the Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's Friday mosque. The massive blue cupola on a mosaic drum tops the main chamber with its cruciform hall. The baked brick  minaret is 48 metres high and its diametre is 9 metres at the bottom and 6 metres at the top. It was commissioned by Arslan Khan and designed by Bako. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Islam Hodja Minaret, 1910,  Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, in the afternoon. Commissioned by the reforming Grand Visier, Islam Khodja, the minaret is 44.8 metres high, tapering towards the top, its ochre brick alternating with bands of decorative blue and white tiles. It is the final architectural achievement of the Khanates. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, 14th-16th century, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured at sunset on July 5, 2010. Visible are its blue tile-covered dome which commands Khiva's skyline and on the right the Islam Hodja minaret, 1910. Commissioned by the reforming Grand Visier, Islam Khodja, the minaret is 44.8 metres high, tapering towards the top, its ochre brick alternating with bands of decorative blue and white tiles. It is the final architectural achievement of the Khanates.
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  • Minaret of Jesus, Southeast minaret, 13th century, Umayyad Mosque, 705 AD, Damascus, Syria. The minaret is so called because it is believed that Jesus will descend the tower on Judgment Day to fight the anti-Christ. The site was long used for worship, of Hadad (by Arameans), Jupiter (by Romans), then it became the cathedral of John the Baptist in 330, and finally a mosque.
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  • Detail of decoration, Islam Hodja Minaret, 1910, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, at sunset. Commissioned by the reforming Grand Visier, Islam Khodja, the minaret is 44.8 metres high, tapering towards the top, its ochre brick alternating with bands of decorative blue and white tiles. It is the final architectural achievement of the Khanates. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Islam Hodja Minaret, 1910, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, in the afternoon. Commissioned by the reforming Grand Visier, Islam Khodja, the minaret is 44.8 metres high, tapering towards the top, its ochre brick alternating with bands of decorative blue and white tiles. It is the final architectural achievement of the Khanates. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Giralda Minaret and ornate pinnacle topped walls, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 27, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Giralda Minaret, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December  27, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view Ichan Kala, showing Madrasah of Muhammad Rakhim-khan II, 1871, on the left, with Islam Hodja Minaret, 1910, to its right, Juma Mosque and Minaret plus dome of Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, 14th-16th century, on the right in the background, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, in the afternoon. The Muhammad Rakhim-khan II Madrasah is one of the biggest Madrasahs in Khiva and was commissioned by Muhammad-Rahim II (1863-1910), it has a two tiered celled facade, with a massive central portal, and small towers at the corners.  Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Giralda Minaret, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 25, 2006 in the winter afternoon light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Giralda Minaret, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 24, 2006 reflected in a pond in the winter afternoon light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Juma Mosque Minaret, 10th-13th century, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, in the late afternoon light. The oldest minaret in Khiva has a tapering brick trunk decorated with seven narrow belts of small turquoise bricks, topped with a stalactite belt and a small blue dome. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Oblique low angle view of Giralda Minaret, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December  27, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oblique view of Seville Cathedral and a crenelated wall of the Real Alcazar on the right, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006 in the winter afternoon light, showing the Sacristia Mayor dome, and Giralda Minaret. Seville Cathdral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Sacristia Mayor dome was rebuilt after an earthequake in 1888. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Giralda Minaret, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosque's minaret, a converted lighthouse, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. The Grand Mosque of El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosque's minaret, a converted lighthouse, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. The Grand Mosque of El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosque's minaret, a converted lighthouse, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. The Grand Mosque of El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of the side of the Matniyaz Divan-begi madrasah (right) 1871, Kalta Minor (centre) 1855, and Ota Darvoza (Father Gate) (left) with the Madrasah of Muhammad Rakhim-khan II, 1871 (background), Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, at sunset. Juma Mosque Minaret (left), dome of the Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum and the Islam Hodja minaret (right) are visible in the distance. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, 14th-16th century, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured at sunset. Visible are its blue tile-covered dome which commands Khiva's skyline and on the right the Islam Hodja minaret, 1910. Commissioned by the reforming Grand Visier, Islam Khodja, the minaret is 44.8 metres high, tapering towards the top, its ochre brick alternating with bands of decorative blue and white tiles. It is the final architectural achievement of the Khanates. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Mosque's minaret, a converted lighthouse, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. The Grand Mosque of El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Grand Mosque, 19th century, El-Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. The converted lighthouse minaret is visible in the background. The grand Mosque is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Giralda Minaret seen from the Patio de Banderas (Courtyard of the Flags), Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Giralda Minaret, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Giralda is constructed of cut bricks, originally 82 metres high, now 103 metres high with the 16th century belfry added to the original tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted minaret or Yivli Minare of the Alaaddin Mosque or Yivli Minare Mosque, originally built by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I in the 13th century, then rebuilt in 1373 by the Hamidids, in the old town of Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Since 1974 the mosque has housed the Antalya Ethnographic Museum. Antalya was founded c. 150 BC in Hellenistic times, and then thrived under the Romans from 133 BC. It subsequently was populated by the Seljuks, the Ottomans and the Italians before becoming Turkish. This Turkish Riviera town now thrives on tourism. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madinet al-Gharbiyeh, Southwest minaret also called Minaret of Qayt Bey, 15th century, Umayyad Mosque, 705 AD, Damascus, Syria. The site was long used for worship, of Hadad (by Arameans), Jupiter (by Romans), then it became the cathedral of John the Baptist in 330, and finally a mosque.
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  • The Grande Mosquee or El Masjid El Aadam with its octagonal minaret, in Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains of North West Morocco. The mosque was built adjoining the kasbah by the son of the town's founder, Ali Ben Rashid. It has longitudinal naves, a prayer hall with 4 gates, a terracotta tiled roof and an octagonal minaret typical of the region. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rashid El Alami to house the muslims expelled from Andalusia. It is famous for its blue painted houses, originated by the Jewish community, and is listed by UNESCO under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Juma Mosque Minaret, 10th to 13th century, the oldest minaret in Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, in the late afternoon light. Its tapering brick trunk is decorated with seven narrow belts of small turquoise bricks and it is topped with a stalactite belt with a small blue dome.
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  • Doorway to the Grand Mosque, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. As the mosque's minaret (visible in the background) is a converted lighthouse, El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Tower; 1593; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; built by Hernán Ruiz the younger onto the minaret to accommodate the bells and the clock; because of earth tremors, an outer strengthening wall was built later, concealing what was left of the original minaret; the Archangel Raphael, guardian angel of Cordoba stands on the top of the third storey added still later. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway to the Grand Mosque, 19th century, El Jadida, Morocco. El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazag√£o), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese, and they controlled this city until 1769. As the mosque's minaret (visible in the background) is a converted lighthouse, El Jadida is claimed to home the world's only pentagonal minaret. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Kalta Minor, 1855, and detail of the Matniyaz Divan-begi Madrasah (left), 1871, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, at dawn. The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Commissioned by Muhammad Niyaz the rectangular, Madrasah has a traditional main facade, its high portal, decorated with majolica, having a central pentahedral niche and corner guldastas which are geometrically patterned in blue, white and green, with green brick domes. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Matniyaz Divan-begi madrasah (right) 1871, Kalta Minor (centre) 1855, and Ota Darvoza (Father Gate) (left), Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, at sunset. Khiva's old city, Ichan Kala, is surrounded by 2.2 kilometres of crenellated and bastioned city walls. Some sections may be 5th century, but the strongest sections were built 1686-88 by Arang Khan. The main gate today is the restored western Ota Darvoza (Father Gate). Commissioned by Muhammad Niyaz the rectangular, Madrasah has a traditional main facade, its high portal, decorated with majolica, having a central pentahedral niche and corner guldastas which are geometrically patterned in blue, white and green, with green brick domes. The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of Minaret, Tellya Sheikh Mosque, founded 16th century, restored 19th century, Khast Imam Square, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 4, 2010, in the strong afternoon light. Tashkent's main Friday mosque holds the Osman Koran, claimed to be the world's oldest, in its library. Tashkent, 2000 year old capital city of Uzbekistan, a Silk Road city whose name means "Stone Fortress", is now very modern due to a disastrous earthquake in 1966, after which it was greatly rebuilt. However, some of the old buildings still stand in the glittering modern city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of decorative bands, Kalta Minor, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, at sunset. The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of glazed brick in decorative bands, Kalta Minor Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 5, 2010, in the afternoon. The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view of a young girl passing through the Ota Darvoza gate, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 7, 2010, in the late afternoon light of a summer day with the Muhammad Aminkhan Madrasah and Kalta Minor in the background. Khiva's old city, Ichan Kala, is surrounded by 2.2 kilometres of crenellated and bastioned city walls. Some sections may be 5th century, but the strongest sections were built 1686-88 by Arang Khan. The main gate today is the restored western Ota Darvoza (Father Gate). The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of Matniyaz Divan-begi madrasah (right) 1871, Kalta Minor (right) 1855, and Ota Darvoza (Father Gate) (left), with the quayside in the right foreground and the Muhammad Rakhim-khan II Madrasah 1871, in the left background, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, in the afternoon. Khiva's old city, Ichan Kala, is surrounded by 2.2 kilometres of crenellated and bastioned city walls. The main gate today is the restored western Ota Darvoza (Father Gate). The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of bridge between the Matniyaz Divan-begi Madrasah (right), 1871, and Kalta Minor (left), 1855, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010 at sunrise. Commissioned by Muhammad Niyaz the rectangular, Madrasah has a traditional main facade, its high portal, decorated with majolica, having a central pentahedral niche and corner guldastas which are geometrically patterned in blue, white and green, with green brick domes. The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of Matniyaz Divan-begi madrasah (left) 1871, with the decorative tiled brick Kalta Minor, 1855, in the background Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, at sunrise. Commissioned by Muhammad Niyaz the rectangular, Madrasah has  corner guldastas which are geometrically patterned in blue, white and green, with green brick domes. The Kalta Minor or Short Minaret was commissioned by Mohammed Amin Khan in 1852 to stand 70 m. high, but was abandoned when he died in 1855, and remains only 26 m. high. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of small minaret, late 19th century - early 20th century, summer mosque, Rukhabad Mausoleum, 14th century, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July , 2010, at sunrise. The decoration bears influence of Eastern-Turkistan or Chinese traditions. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Evening view of stalls at Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque towers over the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Koutoubia mosque, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The mosque was completed in the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, 1184-1199. The minaret stands 77m tall and is built of sandstone bricks, topped with copper orbs. It is the largest mosque in Marrakech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restaurants in Djemma el Fna square and marketplace at night, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque can be seen in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of entrance to Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque can be seen in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret of the Koutoubia mosque silhouetted at dusk, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of cascading domes and arcade (revak) surrounding the courtyard with hexagonal fountain, and a minaret to the right of the image, Sultan Ahmed Mosque, or Blue Mosque, 1609-16, by Mehmet Aga, Istanbul, Turkey. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I, dominates the Istanbul skyline with its cascading domes and six minarets. Built near the Hagia Sophia, it combines Byzantine style with Islamic architecture. The court, surrounded by a continuous vaulted arcade (revak), is about as large as the mosque itself. The historical areas of the city were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of minaret, Sher-Dor Madrasah, 1619-36, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 15, 2010, in the afternoon. The Sher-Dor Madrasah, commissioned by Yalangtush Bakhodur as part of the Registan ensemble, and designed by Abdujabor, takes its name, "Having Tigers", from the double mosaic (restored in the 20th century) on the tympans of the portal arch showing suns and tigers attacking deer. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • A minaret of the Khamis mosque, an Umayyad mosque possibly founded in the 7th century, originally built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries, with 2 identical minarets, in Khamis, Manama, Bahrain. This was the first mosque in Bahrain and one of the earliest in the Gulf region. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Koutoubia mosque and grounds, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The mosque was completed in the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, 1184-1199. The minaret stands 77m tall and is built of sandstone bricks, topped with copper orbs. It is the largest mosque in Marrakech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Koutoubia mosque and grounds, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The mosque was completed in the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, 1184-1199. The minaret stands 77m tall and is built of sandstone bricks, topped with copper orbs. It is the largest mosque in Marrakech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of stalls at Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque towers over the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nighttime view of stalls at Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque towers over the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nighttime view of stalls at Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque towers over the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Koutoubia mosque and grounds, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The mosque was completed in the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, 1184-1199. The minaret stands 77m tall and is built of sandstone bricks, topped with copper orbs. It is the largest mosque in Marrakech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Restaurants in Djemma el Fna square and marketplace at night, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque can be seen in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftop view of the Medina quarter, Marrakech, Morocco. The Koutoubia mosque minaret dominates the skyline, satellite dishes litter the rooftops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of dome and minaret, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 17, 2010, at night, its colours picked out by floodlighting. Gur-Emir Mausoleum, or Tomb of the Ruler, was built by Timur in 1404 for his favourite grandson, Mohammed Sultan, and became the mausoleum for the Timurid dynasty. The simply formed building is an octagonal drum beneath an azure fluted dome (diameter: 15m, height: 12.5m). Its walls are tiled in blue and white geometric and epigraphic patterns including the words 'God is Immortal' in 3m. high white Kufic script around the top of the drum. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Skyline, Meknes, Morocco pictured on December 26, 2009. A minaret soars over house roofs, many of them with satellite. dishes Meknes, one of Morocco's Imperial cities, was redeveloped under Sultan Ismail Moulay (1634-1727). It is a fortified city built from pise, or clay and straw, and was designed to be the political capital of Morocco, as opposed to Fez, the religious capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rooftop view, Meknes, Morocco pictured on December 26, 2009. A minaret soars over house roofs, many of them with satellite dishes. Meknes, one of Morocco's Imperial cities, was redeveloped under Sultan Ismail Moulay (1634-1727). It is a fortified city built from pise, or clay and straw, and was designed to be the political capital of Morocco, as opposed to Fez, the religious capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gardens of the Koutoubia mosque, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The mosque was completed in the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, 1184-1199. The minaret stands 77m tall and is built of sandstone bricks, topped with copper orbs. It is the largest mosque in Marrakech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of stalls at Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque towers over the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of stalls at Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque towers over the square. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to Djemma el Fna square and marketplace with minaret of Koutoubia mosque in the background, evening, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stalls in Djemma el Fna square and marketplace at night, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque can be seen in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of entrance to Djemma el Fna square and marketplace, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret of the Koutoubia mosque can be seen in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of dome and minaret, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 15, 2010, at dawn. Gur-Emir Mausoleum, or Tomb of the Ruler, was built by Timur in 1404 for his favourite grandson, Mohammed Sultan, and became the mausoleum for the Timurid dynasty. The simply formed building is an octagonal drum beneath an azure fluted dome (diameter: 15m, height: 12.5m). Its walls are tiled in blue and white geometric and epigraphic patterns including the words 'God is Immortal' in 3m. high white Kufic script around the top of the drum. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of dome and minaret, Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1417-20, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 15, 2010, at dawn. Gur-Emir Mausoleum, or Tomb of the Ruler, was built by Timur in 1404 for his favourite grandson, Mohammed Sultan, and became the mausoleum for the Timurid dynasty. The simply formed building is an octagonal drum beneath an azure fluted dome (diameter: 15m, height: 12.5m). Its walls are tiled in blue and white geometric and epigraphic patterns including the words 'God is Immortal' in 3m. high white Kufic script around the top of the drum. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Low angle view showing the Sacristia Mayor dome, Seville Cathedral, Andalucia, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006 in the winter morning light. Seville Cathdral is the largest Gothic building in the world. It was converted from the original 12th century Almohad Mosque on this site during the 16th century and the original Moorish entrance court and Giralda Minaret are both integrated in the cathedral. Inside is the tomb of the explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). The Sacristia Mayor dome was rebuilt after an earthequake in 1888. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Evening view of the access corridor to the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss I, running alongside a courtyard (through the horseshoe arches) and with the minaret above, Moulay Idriss, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. The mausoleum was rebuilt by Moulay Ismail, 1672-1727, in the 17th century and is the site of an important moussem or pilgrimage festival each summer. The town was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. His body was moved to a tomb in the mausoleum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of Patio de Banderas (Courtyard of the Flags), outside the Real Alcazar, Seville, Spain, pictured on December 26, 2006, in the afternoon with the Giralda Minaret in the distance. The Patio de Banderas is between the Alcazar and the Barrio Santa Cruz, which was the main Jewish quarter in the Moorish era. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Houses on a street in the old town in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an illuminated minaret behind. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the town of Moulay Idriss, over rooftops of houses with flat roofs with the minaret of the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss I on the right, Meknes-Tafilalet, Northern Morocco. The town sits atop 2 hills on Mount Zerhoun and was founded by Moulay Idriss I, who arrived in 789 AD and ruled until 791, bringing Islam to Morocco and founding the Idrisid Dynasty. It is an important pilgrimage site for muslims. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Gotse Delchev, 1872-1903, Bulgarian revolutionary, in the courtyard of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus, or St Saviour's Church, an eastern orthodox church built mid 16th century and rebuilt 17th - 18th century after a fire, in Skopje, capital city of North Macedonia. The church was restored in 19th century and its iconostasis and icons were installed. In the distance is the minaret of the Mustafa Pasha Mosque, built 1492, at the Old Bazaar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hotel Old Town at night and behind, the minaret of the 16th century Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minaret of the 16th century Hadzijska mosque, and behind, the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the national library, designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Parik as the City Hall, and reopened as a library in 2014, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This building, on the banks of the Miljacka river, is from the Austro-Hungarian period of the city. The building and many of its documents were damaged in 1992 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hotel Old Town and behind, the minaret of the 16th century Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Seher-Cehaja Bridge in the evening, a 16th century Ottoman bridge crossing the Miljacka river, and the minaret of the Hadzijska Mosque or Vekil Harc Mosque, built 1541-61, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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