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Ablaq (Arabic: أبلق; particolored;
literally 'piebald') is an
architectural technique involving alternating or
fluctuating rows of
light and dark stone...
- the
Ablaq Palace (Qasr al-
Ablaq;
sometimes translated as the "Striped Palace"),
built in 1313–1314. Its name
derived from the red-and-black
ablaq masonry...
- The
Ablaq Palace (Arabic: قصر الأبلق, romanized: Qaṣr al-
Ablaq, lit. 'Striped Palace') was an
important palace located in the
Citadel of Cairo, Egypt....
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architectural traditions, the
voussoirs are
often in
alternating colours (
ablaq),
usually red and white. This is also
found sometimes in
Romanesque architecture...
- 300
metres (980 ft) from the souk at ash-Shouhada Square.
Grounds Mamluk ablaq-style
stonework is used in the courtyard. The old cemetery,
which at one...
- has
learned the
lessons of
Freemasonry and who
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upstanding life.
Ablaq Dimension stone Opus
quadratum Stone veneer Reich, Ronny; Katzenstein, Hannah...
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elaborate stone carving and
polychrome stone finishes,
particularly in
ablaq. The Neo-Mamluk
style blended modern western European architectural ideas...
- and is
recorded in some of Baybars'
early monuments, such as the Qasr
Ablaq (
Ablaq Palace) that he
built for
himself in
Damascus (no
longer extant). Some...
- Medina),
built by his
grandfather 'Adiya and called, from its
mixed color, al-
Ablaq. It was
situated on a high hill and was a stopping-place for
travelers to...
- al-Hayr al-Sharqi. In
Mamluk architecture,
joggling is
usually combined with
ablaq (alternating colors).
Joggling also
characterize Ottoman architecture in...
