Aga Khan Mausoleum

unknown (Egyptian (modern))
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/114404
Date
1950-1959
Description
General view, looking west from Aswan; On the West bank of Aswan. "To the south, the massive granite mausoleum of the third Aga Khan (1877-1957) overlooks the river. A square, single-domed structure in the Fatimid style, it contains a tomb of solid Carrara marble." Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/19/2008)
Type of Work
mausoleum
Subject
architectural exteriors, death or burial, rulers and leaders, Twentieth century
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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