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Ghazni Minarets

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The Ghazni Minarets are two elaborately decorated minaret towers located in Ghazni city, central Afghanistan. They were built in middle of the twelfth century and are the only surviving elements of the mosque of Bahram Shah.C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, (Columbia University Press, 1977), 115. The two minarets are 600 meters (1968 feet) apart and lie in an open plain, north-east of Ghazni city. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: ancient site
• date from: 12th century

Source: en.wikipedia.org