mosques

Great mosque of Timbuctu

Great mosque of Timbuctu

The Great Mosque of Timbuctu, redrawn by René Caillié around 1830. The mosque was built with sundried mud blocks.

 

Saint Sergius and Bacchus, Istanbul

Saint Sergius and Bacchus, Istanbul

  Known today as the ‘Little Saint Sophia Mosque’ ( Küçük Aya Sofya Camii), the Byzantine church of Saint Sergius and Bacchus dates to the beginning of Justinian’s reign in 527 AD. Popular belief attributes it to...