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Moorish Architecture reflects the culture of the Muslims who dominated the Iberian Peninsula i.e., today’s day Portugal and Spain, between the eighth and the fifteenth centuries.
Cordoba’s great 8th-century mosque, the Mezquita, was the first magnificent creation of Moorish architects. At a time when little progress was occurring in Europe during the Middle Ages ...
Art of Transformation hopes to shine light on Opa-locka 02:25. MIAMI - Opa-locka could have been another Coral Gables, built on a dream, instead, the city's architecture is based on the Arabian ...
Europe is famous for its rich architectural heritage and stunning castles and palaces that preserve the cultural and historical heritage of past eras. Each palace is a masterpiece of its era, ...
Envisioned nearly a century ago by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss as a Baghdad of the West, Opa-locka boasts the largest collection of Moorish architecture in the United States, including a ...
Mecl says the architecture should be called “exotic revival” because of the various cultures and identities represented in Opa-Locka’s buildings. “We’re not truly just Moorish in ...
Well done if you know that Moorish architecture favours horseshoe arches rather than the frilly pointed arches of later Mughal monuments, or that monkeys (and goats) are medieval Christian symbols ...