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The Winding Minaret

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another shot from the Mosque of Ibn Tulun.

Legend has it that ibn Ţūlūn himself was accidentally responsible for the design of the minaret: supposedly while sitting with his officials, he absentmindedly wound a piece of parchment around his finger. When someone asked him what he was doing, he responded, embarrassed, that he was designing his minaret.

also Parts of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me were filmed at the Mosque.

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This picture is a part of my Egyptian Campaign visit my main page to see what else i did and took pictures of.
Image size
710x1024px 637.58 KB
Make
FUJIFILM
Model
FinePix S7000
Shutter Speed
1/208 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
8 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Jun 16, 2007, 11:49:07 PM
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