Minaret
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MINARET (from the Arabic manarat; manar or minar is Arabic for a lighthouse, a tower on which nar, fire, is lit), a lofty, turret peculiar to Mahommedan architecture.
minaret - slender tower with balconies
mosque - (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building ...
Minaret
Tower-like structure usually associated with mosques or other religious buildings.
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Minarets basically consist of three parts:
Base Usually the ground underneath the towering minarets is excavated until a hard foundation is reached.
Minaret
From the Arabic word menara (manara) meaning lighthouse, the minaret is the main tower on a mosque. Inside there is generally a staircase for the muezzins or criers to climb to announce the beginning of the prayer session.
minaret
A slender, lofty tower with balconies attached to a Muslim mosque.
minbar ...
minaret: a tall slender tower with balconies, usually related to a mosque.
modillion: a bracket or console used in the Corinthian or Composite cornice.
Minaret
a tall, slender tower attached to a mosque, from which the muezzin calls the Muslim faithful to prayer.
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Minaret
In Islamic architecture, this is a tall tower that is attached to or built next to a mosque. At the top of every minaret is a balcony from which the muezzin (a Muslim crier) calls the faithful to prayer five times a day.
CONSTRUCTION: construction in which walls, posts, columns, or arcades support the weight of the ceilings and upper floors METOPE: the square space between two triglyphs in the frieze of a Doric order; it may be carved or be left plain MINARET: a tall, ...
It is now a brick ruin, but its curious cone-shaped minaret with outside spiral ramp survives. The Great Mosque at Córdoba in Spain covers 2.4 hectares (6 acres) and was built in several stages from 786 to 965.
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 See also: Architecture, Islamic, Islamic architecture, Brick, House
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