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View of the southern façade Dusk panorama of the mosque. Located in the north-east of the medina of Kairouan, the mosque is in the intramural district of Houmat al-Jami (literally "area of the Great Mosque"). [11] This location corresponded originally to the heart of the urban fabric of the city founded by Uqba ibn Nafi.
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
The Saint-Bélec slab is a stone artefact from western Brittany thought to be a map of an early Bronze Age principality. [1] It was discovered by Paul du Châtellier in a prehistoric burial ground in Finistère, where it formed part of an early Bronze Age cist structure.
Espantaperros Tower and Adarve Alcazaba of Badajoz at dusk Exteriors of the Alcazaba-Castle of Badajoz. The city of Badajoz, specifically the oldest area, located in the highest part of the promontory called Cerro de la Muela, was protected by an enclosure built during the Islamic period, with its fortress known as the Alcazaba.
The ablaq decorative technique is thought to possibly be a derivative from the ancient Byzantine Empire, whose architecture used alternate sequential runs of light colored ashlar stone and darker colored orange brick. [3] The first clearly recorded use of ablaq masonry is found in repairs to the north wall of the Great Mosque of Damascus in ...
“Omega-3 fatty acids may cause hair to enter its growth phase and stay in that phase longer, thus promoting hair growth,” says Yelena Wheeler, M.P.H., R.D.N. Sufficient fat intake is important ...
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes walked into the locker room and delivered a brief message to his downtrodden team: “This is good for us.” The top-ranked Volunteers became the last Division I team ...
Between 1931 and 1933, a thorough excavation was undertaken and the remains of a Stone Age settlement was found under the massive cairn, including a great deal of flintstone shards. Only teeth, fragments of bronze, and some pieces of bone were found, dating from the Bronze Age. [6] [7] The mound contained two cists. On the left side of the cist ...