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A mihrab inside the mosques shows the course towards Mecca
We can recognize the components of the Islamic Architecture that wound up plainly significant impacts in the cutting edge plan as:
Calligraphy: Because the images were forbidden as an architectural device, several Arabian couplets were engraved on the walls, in the form of calligraphy and embellishments. These are still used in several current buildings. They add to the magnificence and give a spiritual and academic atmosphere to the place.
Domes: Perhaps the most perceived factor in Islamic Architecture, they
continued to appear without the bomb, in the Islamic world at any time. They are still used in current buildings where the planner wants a gigantic space inside and does not have the desire to limit himself to inflexible forms. The domes have proved to be representative of the Islamic world and have two main symbolic meanings: representing the vault of paradise and the divine force that overwhelms the enthusiastic and physical being of the trustworthy. It also had a utilitarian use that had to emphasize specific areas such as the ship or the mihrab, while it also illuminated the interior of the building.
Minarets: The towers around the buildings enhance the splendor and give a majestic appearance to the structure that is located in the middle. The oldest remaining minaret is the Qal'at of Beni Hammad, built in 1007 in eastern Algeria. It was luxuriously enriched with an opening that gave light and which diminished the weight of the structure, different types of arches were used in the frames of these windows, including the clover, the semi-round and the polylobed arches.
Vaults: It is an architectural curve that forms a roof or a roof that allows to have a roof over a large space made of bricks, stone or rubble. Types of arches were used by the Romans, but the Muslims refined them so that they could manufacture more and more. They did times that were so strong, but better with walls of thinner curtains, so they let in more light. The great mosque of Cordoba
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