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 architecture
architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture - architecture as a kind of art form
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Some of the world's finest examples of Moorish architecture can be found at Alhambra Palace, or the Red Castle, in Granada, Spain.
Cathedrals in France ...
4. Horseshoe arch, with the centre above the springing; em- ployed in Moorish architecture.
5. Stilted arches, where the centre is below the springing, but the sides are carried down vertically.
These mosques are characterized by the use of domes, crenellations and arched windows which locally are characterized as 'Moorish architecture'.
a highly stylised fret-ornament in low relief, common in Moorish architecture, found in 16th and 17th-century work in England.
Architraves ...
Horseshoe Arch - Arch in which the bottom is smaller than the mid-span; found in Moorish architecture
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Imbrication - Overlapping of shingles or tiles ...
Barrucand, M. & Bednorz, A., Moorish Architecture in Andalusia, Köln, 1992.
Brice, M.H., Forts and Fortresses, London, 1990.
Brice, M.H., Stronghold: A History of Military Architecture, London, 1984.
along the archivolts of the windows on the old cathedral are rounded billets in varying sizes. The cornice along the bottom of the window is also five rows of alternating billet pattern. The capitals on the columns are influenced by Moorish ...
 See also: Architecture, Moorish, Gothic, Arches, Roman
  
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