Moorish architecture is an architecture of western part of North-Africa and the
Iberian peninsula that began during the Islamisation of those regions.
Characteristic elements Characteristic elements include
muqarnas, horseshoe arches, voussoirs, domes, crenellated arches, lancet
arches, ogee arches, courtyards, and decorative tile work.
Examples Among the surviving examples are the
Mezquita in Córdoba; the Alhambra and Generalife in Granada and the Giralda in
Seville in 1184; Paderne Castle in the Algarve, Portugal; the mosque of
Koutoubia and University of Al-Karaouine in Morocco; the Great Mosque of Algiers
and the Great Mosque of Tlemcen in Algeria; and the Mosque of Uqba in
Kairouan, Tunisia. Other notable examples include the
ruined palace city of Medina Azahara, the church San Cristo de la Luz in
Toledo, the Aljafería in Zaragoza and baths at for example Ronda and Alhama de
Granada. The term is sometimes used to include
the products of the Islamic civilisation of Southern Italy. The Palazzo dei
Normanni in Sicily was begun in the 9th century by the Emir of Palermo.
There is archeological evidence of an eighth-century mosque in Narbonne,
France. Moorish architecture by countries
= Spain = Alicante
Castle of Santa Bárbara Antequera
Alcazaba Almería
Alcazaba Badajoz
Alcazaba Bailén
Baños de la Encina Castle Córdoba
The great mosque Medina Azahara
Calahorra Tower Gormaz
Gormaz Castle Granada
Alhambra and Generalife Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo
Albayzín Jaén
Saint Catalina's Castle Jerez de la Frontera
Alcazar Málaga
Alcazaba Gibralfaro
Mérida Alcazaba
Seville Alcázar
Giralda Torre del Oro
Toledo Mosque of Cristo de la Luz
Mezquita de las Tornerías Trujillo
Alcazaba Zaragoza
Aljafería Major monuments
Caliphate of Córdoba: Medina Azahara in Córdoba
Mosque of Cristo de la Luz in Toledo "Minaret of San Juan" at Córdoba, once
belonging to a mosque Archaeological site of the Villarrubia
palace Period of Taifas:
the Mezquita de las Tornerías in Toledo the Almohad minaret known as Giralda at
Sevilla, once part of the Great Mosque of Sevilla
Aljaferia palace of the Banu Hud dynasty in Zaragoza;
minaret at the Church of San José at Granada
Almohad Minaret at Iglesia de San Juan de los Reyes at Granada
Nasrid Emirate of Granada: the Alhambra and the Generalife, a
country palace initially linked to the Alhambra by a covered walkway across the
ravine that now divides them. Granada Hospital
Masjid of the madrasa of Yusuf I in the so-called Palacio de la Madraza
New Funduq of Granada Qaysariyya of Granada
= Portugal = Algarve
Albufeira Paderne Castle
Silves Silves Castle
Alentejo Mértola
Mosque of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação Estremadura
Sintra Castle of the Moors
= India = Cheena Kottaram
= Algeria, Morocco & Tunisia = There is a high concentration of Moorish
architecture in the Maghrebi states of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia mainly in
the cities of Tlemcen, Algiers, Marrakech, Tunis, and Testour.
See also Berber architecture
Arab-Norman culture Islamic influences on Christian art
Moorish Revival* Moroccan architecture
Mudéjar Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon
Notes References
Curl, James Stevens. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
Oxford University Press. p. 880 pages. ISBN 0-19-860678-8.
Barrucand, Marianne; Bednorz, Achim. Moorish Architecture in Andalusia.
Taschen. p. 240 pages. ISBN 3-8228-2116-0.
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