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- Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam - UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe Minaret of Jam is one of the few well-preserved monuments representing the exceptional artistic creativity and mastery of structural engineering of the time. Its architecture and ornamentation are outstanding from the point of view of art history, fusing together elements from earlier developments in the region in an exceptional way and ...
- Minarets: The Lighthouses of Spiritual Calling | Ancient OriginsMinarets: The Lighthouses of Spiritual Calling. The minaret is one of the most recognizable elements of Islamic religious architecture. Essentially, the minaret is a tower attached to a mosque. In the past, the minaret served mainly as the from which a muezzin would summon Muslims to prayer.
- Minarets in Islamic Architecture - RTF | Rethinking The FutureMinarets are vertical tower-like structures in the Mosques, which a Muezzin climbs up to call for prayers five times a day. Five main elements make up the historic minarets, namely, Base, Shaft, Balcony, Neck, and Spire, in addition to the other elements like a transitional segment, a gallery, and an alem.
- Minaret - WikipediaMinaret 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 /; 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.
- Minaret | Function, Design, & Importance | Britannicaminaret, in Islamic religious architecture, the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times each day by a muezzin, or crier. Such a tower is always connected with a mosque and has one or more balconies or open galleries.
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