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Mihrab of al-Hakim Mosque, by Fatimid craftsmen, 928-992, 10th century, Cairo, Egypt (marble and sandstone)

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Image title
Mihrab of al-Hakim Mosque, by Fatimid craftsmen, 928-992, 10th century, Cairo, Egypt (marble and sandstone)
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Photographer
Luca Mozzati
Medium
marble and sandstone
Date
928 AD (C10th AD)
Image description

Whole artwork view. The striped arched niche opened in the wall in the Qibla at the al-Hakim Mosque; this architectural element, the mihrab, shows to every faithfull the correct direction to address their prayers to the Kaaba in Mecca; the black and white striped decoration defines both the two arches of the prothyrum, the apsed niche and the wall surface on the left and on the top of the arch. Maestranze fatimidi Cairo, Egypt

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Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Luca Mozzati/Luca Mozzati / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
10th century / Cairo / Egypt / Africa / North Africa / interior / decoration / all / mosque / art / virtuosity / middle eastern art / inlay / devotion / vertical / column / niche / news stand / holy / two-colour / religious architecture / architecture / geometric decoration / wall / worship / islamic art / pilaster strip / sacred building / sacred art / arabic architecture / egitto / pointed arch / marble / prayer / no people / east / sandstone / islam / al-hakim bi-amr allah / prothyrum
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