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Roofs of structural timber buildings are often terraces lined with terra-cotta tiles. For vaulted buildings, the roofing was most often formed by the extrados of the vault itself. For colossal domes or tombs, the need to have a pleasant outline inevitably required the use of either a higher dome supported by a drum (as in Isfahan, Shiraz and Samarkand), or a conical or polygonal roof circumscribing and sheltering the interior dome.