Moorish architecture
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Moorish architecture is a term used to describe the Islamic architecture of North Africa and parts of Spain and Portugal where the Moors were dominant from 711C.E. to 1492C.E.. The best surviving examples are La Mezquita in Cordoba and the Alhambra palace<ref>The Alhambra is usually referred to as a palace but is more likely to have been a Madrasah</ref> (Mostly 1338C.E.-1390C.E.).<ref name="curl">Curl p.502</ref> Also the Giralda in 1184.<ref name="Pev">Pevsner - The penguin dictionary of architecture</ref>
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- Curl, James Stevens [2006]. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Paperback), Second (in English), Oxford University Press, 880 pages. ISBN 0198606788.
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