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| | Saudi Aramco World Magazine (May/June 2000): Tripoli - Lebanon's Mamluk Monuments |
 | | It was the center of the city through successive eras until Mamluk times, and lay on a flat promontory that jutted into the sea from the fertile coastal plain, forming a harbor on its northern side. |
 | | Above its door is one of the citys most elegant facades, which incorporates Quranic inscription, a joggled marble relieving arch, a marquetry panel of dramatic fluidity, ablaq (alternative courses of fl and white stone) and a muqarnas half-dome. |
 | | The Qaratay Madrasa, built next to the Great Mosque between 1316 and 1326 by the governor of Tripoli, makes exquisite use of marble marquetry, especially in the square plaque above the main door, where interlacing bands of polychrome marble form four loops about a central, circular window. |
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