Moorish & Neo-Moorish Architecture Around The World

[The-s]

Hello,

I searched in this section and i didn't found any Thread about The Moorish/Neo-Moorish architecture around the world... Let's share photos of this awesome architectural style :

Moorish Architecture :

The Moorish architecture is the articulated Berber–Islamic architecture of West North Africa (Morocco and west Algeria), Al-Andalus (Spain), and Al-Garb Al-Andalus (Portugal).

Moorish architecture is named after the Moors, North African people who conquered the Iberian Peninsula and many islands in the Western Mediterranean beginning in the 700s. The Moors controlled what is now Spain, Portugal, and the Pyrenees region of France for hundreds of years.

The Moors were Muslim and influenced by the Islamic architecture that developed in the Middle East. Although mosques are the most common examples of Moorish architecture, motifs spread to the design of homes and places of businesses. One of the most famous examples of Moorish architecture, the Mezquita or Grand Mosque of Cordoba, Spain, is today the region's Catholic cathedral.

National Geographic

Example, Al Hambra, Granada, Spain :

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Patio de los Arrayanes, Al Hambra par mittux, sur Flickr

Moorish Revival Architecture :

Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of the Romanticist fascination with all things oriental. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-nineteenth century, part of a widening vocabulary of articulated decorative ornament drawn from historical sources beyond familiar classical and Gothic modes. Little distinction was made in European and American practice between motifs drawn from Ottoman Turkey or from Andalusia.

Wikipedia

European Style :

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Plaza de America. Sevilla. Tercera version. par Zú Sánchez, sur Flickr

American Style :

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Palace of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

But this revival style isn't limited only in Europe or America it's also present in the countries's who created the classical Moorish style :

Morocco :

Casablanca By Cityscape.Cityzen, in Cityscapes

Algeria :

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La Grande Poste par pawprintz, sur Flickr

More photos coming soon

[The-s]

Classical Moorish Style :

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Fonte Mourisca par Alexander Marc Eckert, sur Flickr

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Stormy weather over the mosque. Paris par fredcan, sur Flickr

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Paris - Mosquée de Paris Moschee Camii par muratc3, sur Flickr

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Great Mosque of Cordoba Panorama par Mahmoud Abuabdou, sur Flickr

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Great Mosque, Cordoba par Aidan McRae Thomson, sur Flickr

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Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain. The Mezquita Mosque par sanguedolces, sur Flickr

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Moorish Revival style :

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Sevilla, Avenida de la Constitución / Avenida de la Constitucion, house in the old part of town in the mudejar style, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain par dleiva, sur Flickr

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Fachada Ciudad de Londres Sevilla par tetegil, sur Flickr

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Alhambra panorama par stephen.exley, sur Flickr

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Alhambra in winter par Aldenhoven, sur Flickr

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Alhambra garden fountains par Crimsondude, sur Flickr

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Mértola, Portugal :

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tlemcen par sergirai, sur Flickr

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tlemcen par sergirai, sur Flickr

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Tlemcen par jazair, sur Flickr

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Hassan II Mosque par Menetnashté, sur Flickr

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Marrakech - Medersa Ben Youssef par Ruggero Poggianella Photostream ©, sur Flickr

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Marrakech, Morocco par deji.fisher, sur Flickr

[Ighilghili]

Nice pics, as usual

[Ighilghili]

Algeria


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http://www.flickr.com/photos/moeqrie...detail/?page=3

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http://www.flickr.com/groups/algeria...4255/lightbox/

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http://www.flickr.com/groups/818540@...4739/lightbox/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/krim_ab...n/photostream/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jazair/6041847339/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/krim_ab...n/photostream/


http://legratincairote.blogspot.com/

[The-s]

Nice

Originally Posted by Ighilghili

Nice pics, as usual

Thanks and don't hesitate to post more from Algeria

[Ighilghili]

Neo-moorish | Algiers | Museum of Modern Art







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[Ighilghili]

Originally Posted by The-s

Nice



Thanks and don't hesitate to post more from Algeria

Thanks.

I don't know if there is a thread on Maghrebian architecture, it would be interesting to have one (to include other types).

[Ighilghili]

Neo-moorish | Algiers

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/abroudj/6335700478/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipp...n/photostream/

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[The-s]

Originally Posted by Ighilghili

Thanks.

I don't know if there is a thread on Maghrebian architecture, it would be interesting to have one (to include other types).

I searched in this section and it doesn't exist... If you wan't you can creat one and i'll will help

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Florida, USA :

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Alhambra Water Tower par Massjayhawk, sur Flickr

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Classical Style :

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Maroc in Seville´92 par Zú Sánchez, sur Flickr

Moorish Revival :

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SEVILLA. Seville par Zú Sánchez, sur Flickr

[OnceBittenTwiceShy]

The Heliopolis quarter in Cairo once featured a hippodrome as part of a large amusement park. Its remnants, only the main stand surviving in a dilapidated state, are now opposite what is called ‘Merryland’ in the shadow of Roxy Square.


I am led to believe it was called ‘Al Hamra’ and also referred to as ‘Grenada Hippodrome’, allegedly alluding to ‘Al Hambra’ or ‘Granada’.

Would you classify the main stand as a surviving moorish edifice?

[Jujo]

Originally Posted by The-s

Moorish Revival :

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SEVILLA. Seville par Zú Sánchez, sur Flickr

Plaza de España in Seville is not neo-moorish architecture, it's andalusian regionalist (Baroque and Moorish Revivals mix).

In Seville, La Giralda is an old Almohad (moorish) minaret mixes with renaissance architecture, 12th century to 16th century)

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La Giralda. Sevilla por ALVARO CARNICERO, en Flickr

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Giralda por colivery, en Flickr

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La Giralda por jujo87, en Flickr


Today, La Giralda is the bell tower of the gothic cathedral of Seville.
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Catedral de Sevilla por Javier Gr., en Flickr