List of Moorish structures in Spain and Portugal
Appearance
This is a list of preserved or partly-preserved Moorish architecture in Spain and Portugal from the period of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula (known as al-Andalus) from the 8th to 15th centuries. The list is organized by geographic location.
Spain
[edit]- Arab baths of Alhama de Granada[1]
- Alcazaba
- Church of San Juan: former site of the city's Great Mosque, with an Almohad-era mihrab still preserved[2][3][4]: 92–93
- Burgalimar Castle: Umayyad-era castle built in 967[7][8]
- Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
- Madinat al-Zahra
- Caliphal Baths
- Calahorra Tower
- Noria of Albolafia
- Synagogue
- Church of San Juan de los Caballeros: the bell tower, also known as the "Minaret of San Juan", once belonged to a mosque (930)[9][10]
- Castle of Gormaz: 10th-century castle, with later modifications[11]
- Alhambra
- Alcazaba: the main fortress of the Alhambra
- Mexuar: one of the palaces partially preserved today
- Comares Palace: one of the palaces preserved today
- Palace of the Lions: one of the palaces preserved today
- Partal Palace: one of the palaces preserved today
- Palacio del Partal Alto: a former palace whose excavated remains are visible today
- Palace of the Convent of San Francisco: a former palace whose remains were incorporated into a later Christian convent
- Palace of the Abencerrajes: a former palace whose excavated remains are visible today
- Torre de la Cautiva: one of several similar tower-residences, with other examples including the Torre de las Infantas and the Peinador de la Reina
- Generalife: a country palace, originally linked to the Alhambra by a covered walkway across the ravine that divides them
- Madrasa of Granada: prayer hall preserved inside a later Spanish Baroque building
- Corral del Carbón: a funduq (caravanserai)
- Alcaicería of Granada: Nasrid-era bazaar, but destroyed by fire in 19th century and rebuilt in different style[12]
- Albaicín quarter
- El Bañuelo (Arab Baths)
- Dar al-Horra
- City walls and gates (remains from Zirid and Nasrid periods)[13]
- Church of San José: Zirid-era minaret (ca. 1055)[14][15]
- Church of San Juan de los Reyes: Almohad-era minaret[16][4]: 112, 212
- Casa de Zafra[17]
- Church of San Salvador: remains of the courtyard and minaret of the former congregational mosque of the Albaicín[18][19]: 100
- Maristan of Granada
- Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo: partly-preserved Nasrid palace[20]
- Alcázar Genil: former Almohad and Nasrid-era residence, as well as a nearby ribat (rábita) converted into the Hermitage of San Sebastián[21]
- Ermita de Nuestro Padre Jesús: former Almohad mosque with remains of mihrab and surface decoration[22][4]: 215
- Alcazaba
- Gibralfaro Castle
- Bobastro (located in Málaga Province), archaeological site and former 9th-century fortress[4]: 48
- Castillejo de Monteagudo
- Monastery of Santa Clara: remains of 12th-century al-Qasr al-Seghir (Alcázar Seguir)
- Museum of the Church of San Juan de Dios: remains of mihrab of the former mosque of the main citadel (Alcázar Mayor)[23]
- Arab baths of Ronda[25][26][4]: 212
- Remains of mihrab of former main mosque at the Cathedral of Ronda[4]: 212
- Giralda: former minaret of the Almohad Great Mosque of Seville (now the Seville Cathedral)
- Torre del Oro: Almohad defensive tower in Seville
- Alcazar of Seville: mostly rebuilt under Christian rule but in Moorish style, with the help of craftsmen from Granada[27]
- Walls of Seville
- Buhaira Gardens: former Almohad palace and garden
- Church of San Salvador: preserves traces of the former Mosque of Ibn Adabbas on this site, the first city's first great mosque[28][27]: 21
- Mosque of Cristo de la Luz
- Puerta de Bisagra
- Puerta de Alcántara
- Mosque of las Tornerías
- Church of San Román (Mudéjar architecture)
- Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca (Mudéjar architecture)
- Synagogue del Tránsito (Mudéjar architecture)
Portugal
[edit]- Castle of São Jorge: almost entirely rebuilt after the Portuguese conquest; only some archeological remains[31] and a small part of the northern wall are preserved from the Islamic period[32]
- Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação: former mosque
See also
[edit]- Alcazar of the Caliphs in Córdoba (no longer extant)
- List of former mosques in Spain
- List of former mosques in Portugal
References
[edit]- ^ "Arab baths of Alhama de Granada". Portal de Turismo de la Provincia de Granada. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Ewert, Christian (1971). "El mihrab de la mezquita mayor de Almería". Al-Andalus. 36 (2): 460.
- ^ "Iglesia de San Juan | Almería, Spain Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Barrucand, Marianne; Bednorz, Achim (1992). Moorish architecture in Andalusia. Taschen. ISBN 3822876348.
- ^ "Qantara – Original minaret of the mosque of Árchez". qantara-med.org. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Archez". Andalucia.com. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Gil-Crespo, Ignacio-Javier (2016). "Islamic fortifications in Spain built with rammed earth". Construction History. 31 (2): 1–22.
- ^ "The Oldest Preserved Castle in Spain". Fascinating Spain (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Minaret of San Juan". Archnet. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "MINARET OF SAN JUAN". tutto CÓRDOBA. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Qantara – Gormaz castle". qantara-med.org. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Qaysariyya of Granada". Archnet. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Walls of Albaicín". Portal de Turismo de la Provincia de Granada. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Minaret at Iglesia de San José". Archnet. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Marçais, Georges (1954). L'architecture musulmane d'Occident (in French). Paris: Arts et métiers graphiques.
- ^ "Minaret at Iglesia de San Juan de los Reyes". Archnet. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Casa de Zafra. Centro de Interpretacion del Albaicin". albaicin-granada.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Dickie, James (1992). "Granada: A Case Study of Arab Urbanism in Muslim Spain". In Jayyusi, Salma Khadra; Marín, Manuela (eds.). The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Brill. p. 101. ISBN 978-90-04-09599-1.
- ^ Petersen, Andrew (1996). Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge. ISBN 9781134613663.
- ^ "Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo". Portal de Turismo de la Provincia de Granada. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Orihuela, Antonio (2021). "From the Private to the Public Space: Domestic and Urban Architecture of Islamic Granada". In Boloix-Gallardo, Bárbara (ed.). A Companion to Islamic Granada. Brill. pp. 421–424. ISBN 978-90-04-42581-1.
- ^ "Qantara – Église paroissiale de Fiñana". qantara-med.org. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Cobaleda, María Marcos (2020). Artistic and Cultural Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean. Springer Nature. p. 146. ISBN 978-3-030-53366-3.
- ^ Dodds, Jerrilynn D., ed. (1992). Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0870996371.
- ^ "Baños de los Arabes (Arab baths)". Andalucia.com. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Fournier, Caroline (2016). Les Bains d'al-Andalus: VIIIe-XVe siècle. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes.
- ^ a b Bloom, Jonathan M. (2020). Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700–1800. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300218701.
- ^ "Iglesia Colegial del Salvador/Mosque of Ibn Abbas, Seville". IslamicLandmarks.com. 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Alcazaba de Trujillo » Castillos del Olvido". Castillos del Olvido (in Spanish). 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Castillo de Trujillo | Trujillo, Spain Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Gaspar, Alexandra; Gomes, Ana; Oliveira, Teresa; Serra, Susana (2012–2013). "C Castelo de S. Jorge de Lisboa – Escavação, Musealização e Gestão de Património" (PDF). Arqueologia & Histórica (in Portuguese). 64–65: 203–2015.
- ^ Torres, Cláudio; Macias, Santiago; Gómez, Susana (2013). In the Lands of the Enchanted Moorish Maiden: Islamic Art in Portugal. Islamic Art in the Mediterranean. Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen). ISBN 978-3-902782-13-7.