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El Tajín is a pre-Columbian archeological site in southern Mexico and is one of the largest and most important cities of the Classic era of Mesoamerica. A part of the Classic Veracruz culture , El Tajín flourished from 600 to 1200 AD and during this time numerous temples, palaces, ballcourts , and pyramids were built. [ 1 ]
Layla Taj, (Arabic: ليلى تاج), is an American belly dancer in the classical Egyptian raqs al-sharqi style. The focus of her repertoire is to communicate facets of Egyptian culture . [ 1 ]
Poza Rica Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Poza Rica); officially Aeropuerto Nacional El Tajín (El Tajín National Airport) (IATA: PAZ, ICAO: MMPA) is an airport located in Tihuatlán, Veracruz, Mexico. It serves domestic flights for Poza Rica and Tuxpan in Veracruz, while also supporting various executive and general aviation activities.
El-Tag was founded in 1895 by Muhammad El-Mahdi es-Senussi (1844–1902), after the Ottomans forced him and the Senussi Order from Jaghbub in the Cyrenaican desert to Kufra. He was the son of the founder and the supreme leader (1859-1902) of the Order. [1] El-Mahdi founded a Zaouia (madrassa—school) with a mosque with a low octagonal minaret ...
Cenotaphs and the interior of the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah. The mausoleum, located in the centre of a quadrangle on the left banks of river Yamuna next to Chini Ka Rauza, covers about 23 square metres (250 sq ft), and is built on a red sandstone plinth of about 50 square metres (540 sq ft) and about 1 metre (3.3 ft) high.
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The Taj Mahal is completely symmetrical except for Shah Jahan's sarcophagus, which is placed off center in the crypt room below the main floor. This symmetry extended to the building of an entire mirror mosque in black marble to complement the Mecca-facing mosque placed to the west of the main structure.
The design for the House of Worship in New Delhi is inspired by the lotus flower and is composed of 27 free-standing marble-clad "petals" arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides. [17] The temple's shape has symbolic and inter-religious significance because the lotus is often associated with purity, sacredness, spirituality, and knowledge.