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670s Architecture: Mosque of Uqba, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, Ripon Cathedral, Escomb Church, Tanzan Shrine

670s Architecture: Mosque of Uqba, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, Ripon Cathedral, Escomb Church, Tanzan Shrine


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Chapters: Mosque of Uqba, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, Ripon Cathedral, Escomb Church, Tanzan Shrine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mosque courtyard surrounded by colonnaded arches The Mosque of Uqba (Arabic: ), also known as the Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: ), is one of the most important mosques in Tunisia. Built by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi from 670 A.D. (the year 50 according to the Islamic calendar) at the founding of the city of Kairouan, the mosque is spread over a surface area of 9,000 square metres and is considered as the oldest place of worship in the western Islamic world, as well as a model for all later mosques in the Maghreb . The Great Mosque of Kairouan is certainly one of the most impressive and largest islamic monuments in North Africa, its perimeter is almost equal to 415 metres (1,361 feet). This space contains a hypostyle prayer hall, a huge marble-paved courtyard and a massive minaret. In addition to its spiritual prestige, the Mosque of Uqba is universally reputed as a masterpiece of both architecture and Islamic art. Under the Aghlabids, the fame of the Mosque of Uqba and of the other holy sites at Kairouan helped the city to develop and repopulate little by little. The university, consisting of scholars who met in the mosque, was a centre of education both in Islamic thought and in the secular sciences. Its role can be compared to that of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages. With the decline of the city, the centre of intellectual thought moved to the University of Ez-Zitouna in Tunis. The present form of the mosque dates back to the Aghlabid dynasty (with the exception of a few partial restorations and several later additions). Prior to this era, the mosque had been reconstructed several times fol...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=5741728


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157172901
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 64 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157172903
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Mosque of Uqba, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, Ripon Cathedral, Escomb Church, Tanzan Shrine
  • Width: 229 mm


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