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Minarets of the Qalawun Mosque, by Mamluk craftsmen, 1284-1285, 13th century, Cairo, Egypt (sandstone)

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MEP1266658
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Minarets of the Qalawun Mosque, by Mamluk craftsmen, 1284-1285, 13th century, Cairo, Egypt (sandstone)
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Photographer
Luca Mozzati
Medium
photograph
Date
1284 AD (C13th AD)
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Whole artwork view. View from below of two minarets belonging to the complex of Qalawun, desired by the seventh sultan of the Mamluk dynasty; both are made on three levels and have two balconies with railings; the one on the left, belonging to the mosque, is characterized by a more streamlined structure, culminating in a pointed roof, and by a showy stalactites decoration (muqarnas); the other, part of the madrasa, is surmounted by a dome and presents a calligraphic inscription under its first balcony. Maestranze mamelucche Cairo, Egypt

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Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Luca Mozzati/Luca Mozzati / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
architecture / Cairo / Egypt / Africa / North Africa / calligraphy / writing / colour / building / external view (building) / photo / minaret / Islam / religion / balustrade (architecture) / decoration / window / ledge / twine / all / lombard band / mosque / inscription / spirituality / art / tower / middle eastern art / sculpture / pattern / external / foreshortening / from below / railing / stone / religious architecture / architecture / geometric decoration / worship / islamic art / sky / arabic architecture / egitto / sacredness / no people / frieze / sandstone / islam / cupola / sultan / sayf al-din qalawun al-alfi al-mansur / horizontal / qalawun / parapet
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