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Berber ruling dynasties also contributed to the formation and patronage of western Islamic art and architecture through their political domination of the region between the 11th and 16th centuries (during the rule of the Almoravids, Almohads, Marinids and Hafsids, among others).
Pages in category "Berber architecture" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aït Benhaddou;
The Almoravid dynasty ... [11]) was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the ... 64 Another high point of Almoravid architecture is the intricate ribbed dome in front ...
The 10th-century minaret of the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque, in Fes (seen through the arches of the later 16th-century Saadian pavilions). In the early 8th century the region became steadily integrated into the emerging Muslim world, beginning with the military incursions of Musa ibn Nusayr and becoming more definitive with the advent of the Idrisid dynasty at the end of that century. [23]
Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture which developed in ... in al-Andalus and by the advance of the Berber Marinid dynasty in the western ...
Moorish architecture is the articulated Islamic architecture of northern Africa and parts of Spain and Portugal, where the Moors were dominant between 711 and 1492. The best surviving examples of this architectural tradition are the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba and the Alhambra in Granada (mainly 1338–1390), [ 63 ] as well as the Giralda in ...
Dynasties of the Berbers — historical berber dynasties in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. Subcategories This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.
After the overthrow of the Marinid dynasty, Fez underwent periods of decline and prosperity and often competed with Marrakesh for political and cultural influence. The city rose again in influence during the 19th century and remained the capital of the Alaouite sultanate until 1912, when it came under control of the French Protectorate in Morocco.