21. The embattled parapet is pierced by quatrefoils, the merlons pierced with lancet openings. 22. These merlons are not the typical European style. 23. It has only one tower, with three levels which has arches and merlons . 24. In Roman times, the merlons had a width sufficient to shelter a single man. 25. The upper platform has battlements and merlons . 26. The first and second stories are surmounted by rounded merlons which are pierced by arrowslits. 27. The facade of the mosque is decorated with paneling and ornamental merlons along the parapet. 28. The left side tower has two levels, arches, merlons and a small cupola. 29. Below the parapet covered in merlons with a tri-lobe freise and zoomorphic gargoyles. 30. The former merlons are non-existent.
