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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.
The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The architecture of the site has been compared to Fatimid architecture, but bears specific resemblances to contemporary architecture in the western Maghreb, Al-Andalus, and Arab-Norman Sicily. For example, while the Fatimids usually built no minarets, the grand mosque of Qal'at Bani Hammad has a large square-based minaret with interlacing and ...
The architecture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, derived from the ancient Mediterranean civilizations such as at Knossos on Crete. They developed highly refined systems for proportions and style, using mathematics and geometry. Ancient Greek 776–265 BC; Roman 753 BC–663 AD; Etruscan 700–200 BC; Classical 600 BC–323 AD
Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548–1616), architect; author of The Idea of a Universal Architecture; Sebastiano del Piombo (c. 1485–1547), real name "Sebastiano Luciani", painter who became an assistant to Pope Clement VII (keeper of the leaden seal, hence "Piombo", which means "lead") Gian Antonio Selva (1751–1819), architect
Wilhelm Anton Souchon (1864–1946), German admiral in World War I. Souchon commanded the Kaiserliche Marine's Mediterranean squadron in the early days of the war. Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (1847–1914), better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War.
Royal Palace of Madrid Plaza de España, Seville. Spanish architecture refers to architecture in any area of what is now Spain, and by Spanish architects worldwide. The term includes buildings which were constructed within the current borders of Spain prior to its existence as a nation, when the land was called Iberia, Hispania, or was divided between several Christian and Muslim kingdoms.
Moroccan architecture reflects Morocco's diverse geography and long history, marked by successive waves of settlers through both migration and military conquest. This architectural heritage includes ancient Roman sites, historic Islamic architecture, local vernacular architecture, 20th-century French colonial architecture, and modern architecture.