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Madrasah on Registan Square,Samarkand,Uzbekistan.
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Madrasah on Registan Square,Samarkand,Uzbekistan.

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,...

The "Tomb of Christ" in a chapel of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem,under the guardianship of the Greek Orthodox Church. Late Byzantine
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The "Tomb of Christ" in a chapel of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem,...

The "Tomb of Christ" in a chapel of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem,under the guardianship of the Greek Orthodox Church. Late Byzantine
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The "Tomb of Christ" in a chapel of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem,...