Umayyad Mosque
Set the congregational mosque template — courtyard, wide hall, minaret; mosaics show gardens of paradise
- Style
- Early Islamic art (Umayyad and Abbasid) — Inscriptions, ornament and arches instead of images: a space of prayer with no depiction of God
- Century
- 8th century
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Made around the same time (±30 years)
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