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The Great Zimbabwe National Monument

ViewView of the Great Enclosure with four conical towers, view from inside wall
LocationZimbabwe
Date13-15th c.
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodAfrican Art
Materialclay and granite gravel (daga)
Dimensionsca. 250 m circumference, 11 m high
Saskia No.Kaa-0005
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 15, plate 11
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 13, plate 11