Moorish architecture

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Islamic architecture architectural style cultural heritage historical architecture

Moorish architecture is a distinctive Islamic architectural style of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, characterized by horseshoe arches, intricate geometric and arabesque ornamentation, courtyards, and elaborate tilework.

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Label Occurrences
Moorish architecture canonical 16
Nasrid architecture 4
Arab-Andalusian architecture 1

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic architecture ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
historical architecture ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Islam ⓘ
culturalContext Al-Andalus ⓘ
surface form: Al-Andalus civilization

Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
designPrinciple climatic adaptation ⓘ
hierarchical spatial organization ⓘ
integration of indoor and outdoor space ⓘ
privacy of interior spaces ⓘ
developedBy Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Moors
function fortification architecture ⓘ
mosque architecture ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ
residential architecture ⓘ
geographicDistribution Al-Andalus ⓘ
Algeria ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
southern Spain ⓘ
hasCharacteristic arabesque ornamentation ⓘ
calligraphic decoration ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
courtyard garden ⓘ
decorative inscriptions ⓘ
domes ⓘ
elaborate tilework ⓘ
fountain courtyard ⓘ
horseshoe arch ⓘ
interlacing arches ⓘ
intricate geometric ornamentation ⓘ
lattice screens ⓘ
minarets ⓘ
multifoil arch ⓘ
muqarnas ⓘ
pointed horseshoe arch ⓘ
polylobed arches ⓘ
repetition of motifs ⓘ
riwaq arcade ⓘ
stucco decoration ⓘ
symmetry ⓘ
water channels ⓘ
wooden ceilings ⓘ
zellij tilework ⓘ
hasNotableExample al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque

Alcazaba of Málaga ⓘ
Royal Alcázar of Seville ⓘ
surface form: Alcázar of Seville

Alhambra ⓘ
Aljafería Palace ⓘ
Bou Inania Madrasa ⓘ
Generalife ⓘ
Giralda ⓘ
surface form: Giralda of Seville

Great Mosque of Córdoba ⓘ
Hassan Tower ⓘ
Great Mosque of Córdoba ⓘ
surface form: Mezquita of Córdoba

Great Mosque of Kairouan ⓘ
surface form: Mosque of Kairouan
hasOriginRegion Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
influenced Mudéjar architecture ⓘ
Moorish Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Moorish architecture

Revivalist Islamic architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Abbasid architecture ⓘ
Berber architecture ⓘ
Roman architecture ⓘ
Umayyad architecture ⓘ
Visigothic architecture ⓘ
ornamentationType arabesque vegetal motif ⓘ
epigraphic band ⓘ
geometric pattern ⓘ
relatedStyle Mudéjar architecture ⓘ
Ottoman architecture ⓘ
Persian architecture ⓘ
surface form: Persian Islamic architecture
timePeriod 15th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
usesMaterial brick ⓘ
carved wood ⓘ
plaster ⓘ
stone ⓘ
tile ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alhambra → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Alhambra → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nasrid architecture
Bab Bou Jeloud → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Amalfi Cathedral → styleInfluence → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Owen Jones → influencedBy → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Hassan II Mosque → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Bahia Palace → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Silves Castle → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Giralda → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Nasrid dynasty → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nasrid architecture
Andalusian architecture → relatedStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Almohad architecture → influenced → Moorish architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nasrid architecture
Maghrebi architecture → relatedStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Tower of Homage → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Ketchaoua Mosque → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Alcazaba of Almería → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Mezquita Bab al-Mardum → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Historic Centre of Córdoba → hasArchitecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islamic architecture of Al-Andalus
Alcazaba → architecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nasrid architecture
Hall of the Ambassadors → culturalContext → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Cacela Velha → hasArchitecturalInfluence → Moorish architecture ⓘ
Dar Hussein → hasArchitecturalStyle → Moorish architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab-Andalusian architecture