There are also very impressive muqarnas right below the dome (also mocárabe, honeycomb work, or stalactite work; a corbel or vault decorative device i

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There are also very impressive muqarnas right below the dome (also mocárabe, honeycomb work, or stalactite work; a corbel or vault decorative device in traditional Islamic and Persian architecture, reminiscent of stalactites, taking the form of small pointed niches, stacked in stairs-like tiers). The cenotaph - decorated with blue, yellow, white and green tiles, as well as with gilt and Koranic inscriptions - is surrounded with a finely made old wooden screen. Taken @Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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