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Alcázar Genil, the Glossary

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  1. 24 relations: Almohad Caliphate, Almuñécar, Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo, Cupola, Francisco Ayala (novelist), Genil, Granada, Groin vault, Hermitage (religious retreat), Irrigation, Islamic geometric patterns, Ismail I of Granada, Moorish architecture, Muhammad I of Granada, Muhammad III of Granada, Muqarnas, Nasrid dynasty, Qubba, Ribat, Royal Academy of History, Squinch, Stucco, Sufism, Yusuf I of Granada.

  2. Almohad architecture
  3. Buildings and structures in Granada
  4. Moorish architecture in Spain
  5. Nasrid architecture
  6. Palaces in Andalusia

Almohad Caliphate

The Almohad Caliphate (خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or دَوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or ٱلدَّوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِيَّةُ from unity of God) or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century.

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Almuñécar

Almuñécar is a Spanish city and municipality located in the southwestern part of the comarca of the Costa Granadina, in the province of Granada.

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Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo

The Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo is a former Nasrid palace and convent in Granada, Spain. Alcázar Genil and Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo are buildings and structures in Granada, Nasrid architecture and palaces in Andalusia.

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Cupola

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.

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Francisco Ayala (novelist)

Francisco Ayala García-Duarte (16 March 1906 – 3 November 2009) was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.

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Genil

The Genil River is the main (left) tributary of the river Guadalquivir in Andalusia, Spain.

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Granada

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

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Groin vault

A groin vault or groined vault (also sometimes known as a double barrel vault or cross vault) is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults.

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Hermitage (religious retreat)

A hermitage most authentically refers to a place where a hermit lives in seclusion from the world, or a building or settlement where a person or a group of people lived religiously, in seclusion.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Islamic geometric patterns

Islamic geometric patterns are one of the major forms of Islamic ornament, which tends to avoid using figurative images, as it is forbidden to create a representation of an important Islamic figure according to many holy scriptures.

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Ismail I of Granada

Abu'l-Walid Ismail I ibn Faraj (3March 12798July 1325) was the fifth Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula from 1314 to 1325.

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Moorish architecture

Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture which developed in the western Islamic world, including al-Andalus (on the Iberian peninsula) and what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (part of the Maghreb).

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Muhammad I of Granada

Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nasr (22 January 1273), also known as Ibn al-Ahmar (ابن الأحمر) and by his honorific al-Ghalib billah (الغالب بالله), was the first ruler of the Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state on the Iberian Peninsula, and the founder of its ruling Nasrid dynasty.

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Muhammad III of Granada

Muhammad III (15 August 1257 – 21 January 1314) was the ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula from 8 April 1302 until 14 March 1309, and a member of the Nasrid dynasty.

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Muqarnas

Muqarnas (مقرنص; مقرنس, or translit), also known in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe (from), is a form of three-dimensional decoration in Islamic architecture in which rows or tiers of niche-like elements are projected over others below.

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Nasrid dynasty

The Nasrid dynasty (بنو نصر banū Naṣr or بنو الأحمر banū al-Aḥmar; Nazarí) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Emirate of Granada from 1232 to 1492.

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Qubba

A qubba (translit, pl. قُباب qubāb), also transliterated as ḳubba, kubbet and koubba, is a cupola or domed structure, typically a tomb or shrine in Islamic architecture.

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Ribat

A ribāṭ (رِبَـاط; hospice, hostel, base or retreat) is an Arabic term, initially designating a small fortification built along a frontier during the first years of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb to house military volunteers, called murabitun, and shortly after they also appeared along the Byzantine frontier, where they attracted converts from Greater Khorasan, an area that would become known as al-ʻAwāṣim in the ninth century CE.

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Royal Academy of History

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Squinch

In architecture, a squinch is a structural element used to support the base of a circular or octagonal dome that surmounts a square-plan chamber.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water.

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Sufism

Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.

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Yusuf I of Granada

Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Ismail (أبو الحجاج يوسف بن إسماعيل; 29 June 131819 October 1354), known by the regnal name al-Muayyad billah (al-Muʾayyad bi-ʾllāh, "He who is aided by God"), was the seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula.

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See also

Almohad architecture

Buildings and structures in Granada

Moorish architecture in Spain

Nasrid architecture

Palaces in Andalusia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcázar_Genil