20 小时之前 · MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017.. Nearly eight years after IS militants were driven out of the city, the minaret has been rebuilt as part of a massive internationally-funded reconstruction project in …

Minaret at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. A minaret (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ r ɛ t, ˈ m ɪ n ə ˌ r ɛ t /; [1] Arabic: منارة, romanized: manāra, or Arabic: مِئْذَنة, romanized: miʾḏana; Turkish: minare; Persian: گل‌دسته, romanized: goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques.

Minaret, in Islamic religious architecture, the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times a day by a muezzin. It is always connected to a mosque but may take on a wide variety of forms ranging from thick, squat, spiral ramps to soaring, delicate, pencil-thin spires.

2 天之前 · The crooked al-Hadba minaret has dominated the Mosul skyline for hundreds of years Eighty per cent of the Old City of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris, was destroyed during IS's three-year ...

20 小时之前 · For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017 February 6 ...

2013年2月6日 · A minaret is a feature of Islamic architecture and is the place from where the call to prayer is sent out. They are also known as a manār or manāra in Arabic, meaning place of fire or light (nar or nur).

Minaret of Jam: Afghanistan, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Known for its intricate brick, stucco, and glazed tile decoration. Minaret of Jesus: Part of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. Reflects diverse religious history.

A minaret shaft or tower, the elongated main body that hosts a spiral staircase to reach the balcony, is often a tapering cylindrical or octagonal tower. A balcony is a projected platform encircling the body of the minaret protected with railings, from …

2018年5月17日 · minaret (mĬnərĕt´), tower, used in Islamic architecture, from which the faithful are called to prayer by a muezzin. Most mosques [1] have one or more small towers, which are usually placed at the corners.

2021年9月8日 · This article explores the minaret, one of Islamic architecture's prominent religious and cultural features.