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About this artwork
- Title: The biggest mosque in Porto-Novo, Benin.
- Artist: babylas of antioch
- Year: 2009
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Observatory of the Portuguese Language
- Color hue: Golden Yellow Range
- Perceived brightness: brilliant
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