Moorish architecture

All you want to know about Moorish architecture

Interior of the Mezquita, Cordoba
Interior of the Mezquita, Cordoba

Moorish architecture is a term used to describe the articulated Islamic architecture of North Africa and parts of Spain and Portugal where the Moors were dominant from 711-1492. The best surviving examples are La Mezquita in Cordoba and the Alhambra palace (mainly 1338-1390[1]), and also the Giralda in 1184.[2] Other notable examples include the ruined palace city of Medina Azahara (936-1010), the church (former mosque) San Cristo de la Luz in Toledo, the Aljafería in Saragossa and baths at for example Ronda and Alhama de Granada.

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Notes

  1. ^ Curl p.502
  2. ^ Pevsner - The penguin dictionary of architecture

References

  • Curl, James Stevens [2006]. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Paperback), Second (in English), Oxford University Press, 880 pages. ISBN 0-19-860678-8. 
  • Barrucand, Marianne; Bednorz, Achim [2002]. Moorish Architecture in Andalusia (in English). Taschen, 240 pages. ISBN 3-8228-2116-0. 

External links

Archnet.org

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