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Minaret at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. A minaret (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ r ɛ t, ˈ m ɪ n ə ˌ r ɛ t /; [1] Arabic: منارة, romanized: manāra, or Arabic: مِئْذَنة, romanized: miʾḏana; Turkish: minare; Persian: گلدسته, romanized: goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques.
The Giralda (Spanish: La Giralda [la xiˈɾalda]) is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain. [1] It was built as the minaret for the Great Mosque of Seville in al-Andalus, during the reign of the Almohad dynasty, with a Renaissance-style belfry added by the Catholics after the expulsion of the Muslims from the area.
This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known minaret towers in the world. The oldest minaret still surviving is that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was constructed in 836 AD [ 3 ] and is considered as the prototype for all the square shaped minarets built in the Western Muslim World.
From a distance, solid grey dry stone walls and a rectangular tower, the minaret, are all that is visible of the post-modern Sancaklar Mosque, located in a remote suburb on the outskirts of Istanbul.
The word minaret is Arabic [منارة] and usually means a tower next to a mosque from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer. However it also means lighthouse and has other meanings. However it also means lighthouse and has other meanings.
The tallest minaret in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [17] Minar-e-Pakistan: Lahore: Pakistan 70 230 1968 [18] Istiqlal Mosque Minaret Jakarta: Indonesia 66.6 218 1974 The symbolize the divine oneness of God. [19] Podgredina Blue Mosque Minarets Podgredina: Bosnia and Herzegovina 66 217 2018 The first mosque with 5 şerefe's (balconies) on a minaret ...
The height of Qutb Minar is 72.5 meters, making it the tallest minaret in the world built of bricks. [2] [25] The tower tapers, and has a 14.3 metres (47 feet) base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres (9 feet) at the top of the peak. [26] It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps. [27] [1] At the foot of the tower is the Quwat Ul Islam Mosque ...
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