Hexagonal onyx tiles lend the lower walls a greenish translucencc, topped by Koranic inscriptions carved in marble and painted on jasper. Geometric pa

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Hexagonal onyx tiles lend the lower walls a greenish translucencc, topped by Koranic inscriptions carved in marble and painted on jasper. Geometric panels shine with radiating stars, beside niches hung with stalactites moulded from papier-mache painted blue and gold. Taken @Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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