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(20 ft) high. It lies in the lower Muschelkalk and contains rich stalactite ornaments such as slender and cone-like stalagmites and sinterflags, sinterterraces...

umbrella-shaped dome, cruciform floor plan, narthex (often with stalactite-ornamented ceiling), and high-relief of a large cross on one of church's walls...

other niches. It is sometimes referred to as "honeycomb vaulting" or "stalactite vaulting". The muqarnas structure originated from the squinch. Its purpose...

umbrella-shaped dome, cruciform floor plan, narthex (often with stalactite-ornamented ceiling), and high-relief of a large cross on one of church’s walls...

were decorated with Muqarnas, a honeycombed pendentive ornament, which resembled stalactites. When illuminated, the ceiling's lightbulbs formed patterns...

but the New Series is well decorated with flowstone, stalagmites, and stalactites. Three human skeletons and flint implements from the Neolithic era were...

parallels with Islamic buildings in Fez and Fustat, and reflect the Muqarnas (stalactite) technique of emphasizing three-dimensional elements The diaphragm arch...

is illuminated by a central window which is adorned with the same stalactite ornaments as in Geghard (Armenian: Գեղարդ) and Harichavank (Armenian: Հառիճավանք)—monasteries...

motifs. Apart from stalactites in the shape of trefoils and quatrefoils, the decoration of Astvatsatsin church features ornaments of rosettes and various...

lake: None Waterfall height: None Stalactite, shaped like a spear Stalagmites, located always under the stalactites Drapery, shaped like a shark's fin...

Islamic geometric patterns are one of the major forms of Islamic ornament, which tends to avoid using figurative images, as it is forbidden to create a...

decided to demonstrate its power in creating ornaments. What fascinates the most is the huge stalactites and those pure white forming draperies. There...

of the classical forms attributed to lang-kan. Sometimes, too, it is stalactitic, like little stone trees. Furthermore, archeology confirms that malachite...

includes a sophisticated semi-arched stalactite complex system. A timpani on the entrance door is covered with ornaments on the surface of the stone. The...

supporting the four arches and a vaulted ceiling. The interiors bear exquisite stalactite designs and other decorations of glazed tiles and incised stucco. The...

arc above it, and between the upper and lower arches are pendants and stalactites in the middle of which is a Qur'anic verse. Taking into account the climatic...

a marble stalactite cornice. Large expanses of the walls are decorated with painted plaster; the arches and the internal dome are ornamented by high-relief...

time carved out the many galleries that contain countless stalactone, stalactite, and stalagmite speleothem formations of great beauty. Galleries and caverns...

vault. Muqarnas vault – Muqarnas is the Arabic word for stalactite vault, an architectural ornament developed around the middle of the tenth century in north-eastern...

Jayanti of Alipurduar, where many statues were created by Stalagmites and Stalactites (combination of limestone and water), but there is no evidence. The Vindhyavasini...