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22-JUN-2011

Amasya june 2011 7602.jpg

This is the Burmalı Minare Camii (Spiral Minaret Mosque), built between 1237-1247 by the Selcuks.

On the picture: The ‘mihrab’ (prayer niche) and the ‘minber’ (pulpit).

Mihrab = a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a mihrab appears is the "qibla wall."
Minber = a pulpit in the mosque where the imam (prayer leader) stands to deliver sermons.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: Wikipedia .

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