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the architectural megaphone that turned the human voice into a city's heartbeat.
name originArabic for lighthouse, once literally beacons for travelers
world's tallestAlgeria's Djamaa el Djazair soars 265 meters
climb countsome pack 200-plus spiraling steps inside
modern twistmany now broadcast prayer via mounted loudspeakers
swiss banSwitzerland voted to forbid new ones in 2009