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A view of the courtyard and minaret. |
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The façade of the prayer hall onto the courtyard with the two domes on the central axis. |
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A view of the arcades of the western portico. |
| The Great Mosque of Qayrawan: founded in 670 and rebuilt several times, 773-4, 836, 863, 1294, it is the prototype for many later North African mosques. It has a unique mihrab with lustre tiles set in the spandrels, and carved marble panels inside the niche. |
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