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.
Moorish - a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches
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Moorish Fretwork: The Moors possessed a large part of Spain during the early Gothic period, and thus greatly influenced the style of Spanish and Portuguese art, architecture, and decoration.
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Moorish arches, also called Horseshoe Arches, have an exotic shape. They're most likely to be seen on commercial buildings such as theaters.
Moorish merlon: A merlon which was typical of the fortified 'mudéjar' architecture, characterized by a pointed apex.
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Romanesque
Baroque
American Spanish Revival
Spanish Mission
Craftsmen in England, France, and the Netherlands also used spiral-shaped columns and posts to ornament furniture, clocks, and alters.
It is applied to the grotesque decoration derived from Roman remains of the early time of the empire, not to any style derived from Arabian or Moorish work.
moorishThe adjective Moorish is used for the design style characteristic of the inhabitants of North West Africa and Southern Spain, of mixed Arab and Berber descent.
Spanish Colonial is the most decorative of the Spanish styles, and its ornament covers a wide range of source materials from Moorish to Renaissance and Byzantine.
The best-known term is 'Moorish' which is often used to refer to Islamic architecture in general although it more properly should be used to describe the architecture of the Moors or Berbers of North Africa.
Afterwards the Moorish or Arabian style had some influence upon that of the western nations, and thus originated the mixed style which maintained itself till the middle of the thirteenth century.
A building type that is a legacy of the Moorish occupation of Spain, a fortified palace found mainly in south of the country, particularly Seville and Granda.
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OGEE ARCH A center pointed arch with reverse curve sides, often seen on Exotic Moorish Revival style buildings .
ORIEL WINDOW A projecting bay window supported by brackets or a triangual support piece.
a highly stylised fret-ornament in low relief, common in Moorish architecture, found in 16th and 17th-century work in England.
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The classical symmetry of the façade was covered with Moorish multifoil arches, minarets, and ornamented copper domes. Cast iron was used to great advantage, particularly in the palm tree columns in the kitchen area.
quatrefoil : A quatrefoil window is a round window which is composed of four equal lobes, like a four-petaled flower. The quatrefoil pattern is common in Moorish and gothic architecture.
The style originates in 14th century Venice where the confluence of Byzantine style from Constantinople met Arab influence from Moorish Spain. Chief examples of the style are the Doge's Palace and the Ca' d'Oro in Venice.
 See also: Architecture, House, Gothic, Roman, Church
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