Great Mosque of Kairouan

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Architecture · c. 836 · Kairouan, Tunisia · Africa

Oldest mosque of the Maghreb; its square minaret became the model across North Africa

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Style: Early Islamic art (Umayyad and Abbasid) — Inscriptions, ornament and arches instead of images: a space of prayer with no depiction of God
Century: 9th century

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