The Hypostyle Mosque: Mosque in which the prayer hall is formed of rows of vertical supports, or columns, that can multiply indefinitely. Dominant type in the early period.

 

Hypostyle Hall of the Mosque of the Umayyad, Damascus
 
Hypostyle Hall of the Mosque of Cordoba, Spain

 

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