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Guide to the National Public Museum of Islamic Calligraphy of Tlemcen

Materials

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• Stones.
• Pisé.
• Bricks: used, especially in the
facades and the construction of
the minaret.
• Marble: used in the construction
of columns.
• Plaster: used in decorating the
facades of the walls and the mihrab
in the prayer hall
• Cedar wood: used for roofing.
• Ceramics: used for the external
decoration of the mosque and its
minaret in the form of mosaics.

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