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The lawns around one of these structures contain a former part of it whose failed renovation earned it the nickname “Smith’s Folly.” Michel Pinseau included a laser in his design for one of these structures adorned with seafoam-colored (-5[1])tiles. According to legend, a monarch covered up his laziness by claiming his tinkering with paper was a design for one of these structures. One of these structures (-5[1])inspired Philip Johnson’s 1976 design for an all-white (-5[1])building in Dallas’s Thanks-Giving (-5[1])Square. One of these structures in (*) Seville was converted into the Giralda (“hee-RALL-dah”). Indian instances (10[1])of these structures (10[2]-5[1])include four that (10[1]-5[1])comprise an iconic (-5[1])monument of Hyderabad and a brick one in Delhi’s (-5[1])Qutb (10[1]-5[1])complex. (10[1])Ziggurats may have inspired the Malwiya, a spiral-shaped sort of this structure in Samarra. For 10 points, name these towers from which muezzins call for prayer. ■END■ (10[9])

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