Moorish architecture
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Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture that developed in the western Islamic world, including al-Andalus and what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Scholarly references on Isl
Mezquita catedral de Córdoba interior 4
Bab Oudaia 2
Pavillon Cour des Lions Alhambra Granada Spain
Columns and two-tiered arches in the original section of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain, founded in 785 by the Umayyad ruler Abd ar-Rahman I
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
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The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Officially called the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, it is dedic
Moorish architecture
…capital. In 756, Abd ar-Rahman I, a surviving member of the Umayyad dynasty, established the independent Emirate of Cordoba here. In 785, he founded the Great Mosque of Cordoba, one of the most important architectural monuments of the western Islamic world. The mosque is notable for its vast hypostyle hall composed of rows of…
Mezquita de Córdoba desde el aire
Excavated Late Roman or Visigothic mosaics visible under the floor of the Mosque-Cathedral today
Bab al-Wuzara ("Viziers' Gate", today the Puerta de San Esteban), one of the oldest surviving gates of the mosque. Its decoration dates from 855.