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Minaret of Qaytbay at al-Azhar Mosque, by Mamluk craftsmen, from 1469, 15th century (carved sandstone)

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MEP1266426
Image title
Minaret of Qaytbay at al-Azhar Mosque, by Mamluk craftsmen, from 1469, 15th century (carved sandstone)
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Photographer
Luca Mozzati
Location
Mosque of Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt
Medium
carved sandstone
Date
1469 AD (C15th AD)
Image description

Whole artwork view. Sight of the minaret commissioned by Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay into the madrasa Thibrisi at the old Mosque of al-Azhar; the outer side is fully covered by bas-relief decorations, on the walls, the half columns and on the three concentric terraces, whose parapets even are beautifully adorned in fretwork. Maestranze mamelucche Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt

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Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Luca Mozzati/Luca Mozzati / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
15th century / Cairo / Egypt / Africa / North Africa / cloud / weather / minaret / Islam / religion / window / all / mosque / spirituality / art / grace / half column / virtuosity / tower / middle eastern art / sculpture / pattern / devotion / complexity / external / vertical / travel destination / wealth / from below / stone / religious architecture / architecture / geometric decoration / famous place / worship / islamic art / sky / sacred building / arabic architecture / beauty / egitto / sacredness / bas-relief / no people / mediterranean / frieze / tourism / refinement / sandstone / allah / islam / al-ashraf sayf ad-din qa'it bay / sultan / al-mu'izz li-din allah / qaitbay / parapet
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