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Castle of Paderne; Lisbon. 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] Mértola. Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação: former mosque; Silves. Castle of Silves; Sintra. Castle of the Moors
Castillo de Vélez-Blanco Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco, currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Castillo de Vélez-Blanco is a remarkable example of Spanish Renaissance Castle. It is located in the town of Vélez-Blanco, province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
The castle also served as the French home of Sir Lancelot du Lac, Joyous Gard, in the 1967 musical film Camelot. The castle's silhouette and overall appearance also inspired the castle in Disney's 1937 animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Sylvain Castle, a dungeon in the 1995 action RPG Terranigma, is based on it.
Dating back to the early 12th century, the Alcázar of Segovia is one of the most distinctive medieval castles in Europe. Disney was inspired by this site in building Cinderella's castle. The castles in Spain were built mainly for the country's defense, particularly with respect to fortification.
In the 1970s the fortress was renovated and the interior redesigned by the artist César Manrique, who was born nearby, to house a museum of modern art. The museum opened to the public in 1976 as the International Museum of Contemporary Art ( Spanish : Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo , abbreviated as MIAC).
Inside the tower there is a museum on Pre-Romanesque art that is a valuable collection of pieces and tombstones from the church of San Martín, hence the name Museo Prerrománico de San Martín de Salas. The pieces provide an insight into the decorative richness of Pre-Romanesque art during the 10th century in Spain. [4]
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The art of the Crusades, produced in the Levant under Latin rulership, spanned two artistic periods in Europe, the Romanesque and the Gothic, but in the Crusader states the Gothic style barely appeared. The military crusaders themselves were mostly interested in artistic and development matters, or sophisticated in their taste, and much of ...