In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

DOME OF THE ROCK (36A: Oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture) DOME OF THE ROCK is an Islamic Shrine located in the Old City of Jerusalem. DOME OF THE ROCK is part of the Al-Aqsa mosque ...

Wright). DOME OF THE ROCK (36A: Oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture) DOME OF THE ROCK is an Islamic Shrine located in the Old City of Jerusalem. DOME OF THE ROCK is part of the Al-Aqsa ...

The oldest surviving piece of Islamic architecture, the Dome of the Rock is a shrine on the Temple Mount that dates back to 692. The octagonal structure is covered in mosaics and topped with a ...

In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...

An analysis by online marketplace Judaica Web Store shows that Paris's Notre-Dame saw the most number of Instagram hashtags, ...

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha ... on the exterior is a faceted, skylit dome that shelters a vast atrium, which ...

Located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, a site also known to Muslims as the Al-Aqsa Compound, the Dome of the Rock was ... finest pieces of Islamic art and architecture.

Mosque design influenced gothic architecture in Europe ... remain popular today across the Islamic world and beyond. Image caption, This is the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

Photo by Bradley Young Sculptural wings fan out from the Burj's Y-shaped tripartite floor plan, built into a solid-rock foundation ... inspired by examples of Islamic architecture; in particular ...

The Umayyad era was a critical period in the development of Islamic art and architecture. Elements of Byzantine and Persian building styles merged with new forms to influence impressive new monuments, ...