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islamic

Architecture of the Middle East typified by multiple minarets, slightly pointed domes, and elaborate geometric or calligraphic decoration.

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Islamic architecture is a long-lasting tradition, derived partly from Byzantine architecture and lasting to the present day as an actively used building vocabulary. Major examples include mosques, palaces, arcades, tombs, and schools. Islamic buildings often have concave arches which culminate in a shallow peak.

Mosques in the traditional Islamic style often have bulbous central domes, also rising to a shallow peak, and sharply pointed minaret with small open pavilions under the roof caps. Because of Quranic prohibitions against idolatry, decoration is almost always geometric or based on calligraphy, thus avoiding pictorial representation.

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