Sporistics
The Spiral Minaret
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By Rastaan
12/15/2010 - 14:52:11
Type: City Hall building
Rating: 0.18 (Not rated)
Tags: history, rastaan, world
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is a mosque located in the Iraqi city of Samarra. It was completed in 851 and was the largest mosque in the world at completion. Its tower, the Spiral Minaret, or ?Malwiya Tower? (?Malwiya? meaning ?Snail shell?), is a spiraling cone 52 meters high and 33 meters wide with a spiral ramp around the outer rim. This shape is unique among mosques, and is topped by a small cylindrical room. It is believed the visual presence of this structure was designed to display the strength and presence of Islam in the Tigris Valley.
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By Clixe
Fantasticly made, this structure, downloaded and rated up :)
By Serevanth
Amazing work on this, that spiraling ramp is really impressive.
By Sethan777
AWESOME! Love how you made the spiral. Added to my SC Buildings. Great job. :) R+
By wulfe411
Its amazing that you got that spiral shape to look so perfect. I bow down to the master of buildings! lol
By Sevensins
Haha, if you want to know where the turtle fence idea came from, here is a link-- http://www.youtube.com/user/schmoyoho#p/c/736C3116AD309B58/4/qizNQKzatXA -- Enjoy =)
By Rastaan
It's made with basic building blocks, a couple of cylinders and a lot of rotating. Thanks for the awesome response!
By Blazeer
awsome recreation, looks very realistic R+
By Duhplantman
Awesome job man! ;D
By warwolf47
This looks like the tower of Babel (in Bible) was alleged to have been (spiral etc) V good R+1
By darwinken
One of the worlds most interesting structures. I agree with Tomo. How the heck did you build this.
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