Sultan's Palace, Tangier
data190/MOR1505
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Geometry
- The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
- All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 22.5°.
- Contains 8 regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
- Contains five regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
- Contains one regular 16-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
- There are 12 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites) and three reflective pairs.
- The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has one finite interlace and two infinite interlaces with straight cross-overs.
- The tiling is edge-to-edge.
- As drawn, contains about 2249 polygons.
References
Publications referenced:
- Photo by David Wade: MOR 1505 (Sultan's Palace, Tangier, Morocco) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}
Photographs
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