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The "Golden School" on Rigestan Square,Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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The "Golden School" on Rigestan Square,Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

A guard in front of the Ulugh Beg-school,founded 1417-1420 by the astronomer Ulugh Beg,grandson of Samarkand,Usbekistan,1958.
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A guard in front of the Ulugh Beg-school,founded 1417-1420 by the astrono...

Turkish mosque in Vidin,Bulgaria.
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Turkish mosque in Vidin,Bulgaria.

The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,because books were sold in stalls around the mosque.Sultan Yacoub-el-Mansour (1184-1199) built the 70 m-high minaret in Marrakech; in Sevilla,Spain,he built a similar minaret,the "Giralda".
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The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,b...

The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,because books were sold in stalls around the mosque.Sultan Yacoub-el-Mansour (1184-1199) built the 70 m-high minaret in Marrakech; in Sevilla,Spain,he built a similar minaret,the "Giralda".
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The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,b...

The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,because books were sold in stalls around the mosque.Sultan Yacoub-el-Mansour (1184-1199) built the 70 m-high minaret in Marrakech; in Sevilla,Spain,he built a similar minaret,the "Giralda".
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The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,b...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The west facade with Barbers' Gate.
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The central court of the Fatimid period (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The central court of the Fatimid period (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. Cupola and minarets seen from the Fatimid courtyard. (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The central courtyard of the Fatimid period (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. Prayer hall and mihrab,the niche marking the East, towards which prayers are directed.(969-1171)
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...