Bukhara Samanid Mausoleum 914 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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This marker is part of an extended History of Islamic Architecture

Bukhara
Samanid Mausoleum
914

The Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara, built by Nasr ibn Ismail (914) square canopy tomb is the earliest Islamic monument in Central Asia. It exhibits especially the unique architectural solution of the support of the dome, which differs from Westen examples.
The technology of erecting large parabolic arches or domes over square or rectangular bases seems to have come with the Parthians from Khorassan. The Romans only knew how to erect copulas on circular tambours. The "Iranian" cupola using spherical Pendentives reached Byzantium in the 6th cent (Aghia Sofia) and Western Europe only in the Renaissance

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The unique eastern squinch (Pendentive) in the support of the dome on a square base.

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