The columns and the walls were of precious marbles; the 50 meter (164 ft) high roof was covered by gilded bronze tiles.

This palace was then decorated with different varieties of flower plants and precious marbles.

It is built entirely of precious marbles, brought from the Orient - nothing in its composition is domestic.

The panels were selected and matched and polished so that they glowed like precious marble.

Bathing-pools, lined with precious marbles, had been hollowed out in the middle of a little level mead over which high rocks cast their shadow.

Finished with exquisite craftsmanship, every detail has been done by hand with liberal use of precious marbles, mosaics and stone.

The cross is plainly made of wood, not gold or precious marble.

The walkway rests on four carved columns of precious marble, in between which an intricate net-vault is spun.

The mihrab and mimbar are likewise richly decorated with precious marbles.

It was designed by Pasquale Belli with precious marble in neo-classical style.