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Neo-Mudéjar is a type of Moorish Revival architecture practised in the
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and to a far lesser extent in Ibero-America. This architectural movement emerged as a revival of Mudéjar style. It was an architectural trend of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that began in
Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...
and
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and quickly spread to other regions in Spain and Portugal. It used Mudéjar style elements such as the horseshoe arch, arabesque tiling, and abstract shaped brick ornamentations for the façades of modern buildings.


History

The first examples of Neo-Mudéjar buildings were the Aguirre School designed by Rodríguez Ayuso, the Plaza de Toros in Madrid built in 1874 (now demolished), and the
Casa Vicens Casa Vicens () is a modernist building situated in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona. It is the work of architect Antoni Gaudí and is considered to be his first major project. It was built between 1883 and 1885, although Gaudí drew up th ...
by
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. The style then became almost "compulsory" for the construction of bullfight rings all around Spain, Portugal and the Hispanoamerican countries. In Madrid it became one of its most representative styles of the period, not only for public buildings, like the Aguirre School or the bullring of Las Ventas, but also for housing. The use of cheap materials, mainly brick for exteriors, made it a popular style in new neighborhoods. Neo-Mudéjar was often combined with Neo-Gothic by architects such as
Francisco de Cubas Francisco de Cubas y González-Montes (13 April 1826 – 2 January 1899) was a Spanish architect and politician. He was also known as the Marquis of Cubas (Marqués de Cubas) after his noble title, the marquisate of Cubas. He was also from 189 ...
, Antonio María Repullés y Vargas and
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. After the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 in
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, another stream of Neo-Mudéjar features appeared known as Andalusian Architectural Regionalism. The Plaza de España (Seville) or the ''ABC'' newspaper headquarters (Madrid) are examples of this new style that combined traditional
Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
n architecture with Mudéjar features.


List of notable Neo-Mudéjar buildings

*Arenas de Barcelona *Gran Teatro Falla,
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* Las Ventas bullring, Madrid *
Casa Vicens Casa Vicens () is a modernist building situated in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona. It is the work of architect Antoni Gaudí and is considered to be his first major project. It was built between 1883 and 1885, although Gaudí drew up th ...
, Barcelona * Monserrate Palace, Sintra *Church of Santa Cruz, Madrid *Palacete Conceição e Silva, Lisbon *Church of La Paloma, Madrid *
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, Sintra *Water tower (now exhibition space) Torre de Canal Isabel II, in Madrid. * Escuelas Aguirre, Madrid * Pena Palace, Sintra * Toledo railway station * Nazaré Bullring, Nazaré *
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Post-Office * Campo Pequeno bullring, Lisbon *
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, Mexico City * Palacio de Orleans-Borbón


Gallery

File:Alcalá de Henares (RPS 19-08-2007) Palacio Laredo, entrada principal.jpg, Palacio Laredo in
Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located to the northeast of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated municipality. ...
, 1884 File:Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas (Madrid) 04.jpg, Las Ventas bullring, Madrid, 1929 File:Sevilla Spain Pabellon-Mudéjar-01.jpg, Mudéjar Pavilion, Museum of Arts and Traditions,
Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...
, 1914 File:Arc de Triomf Barcelona.jpg, Arc de Triomf,
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...
, 1888 File:Lisboa, Campo Pequeno (7).jpg, Campo Pequeno bullring in Lisbon (Portugal), 1892 File:Toledo station (38568788886).jpg, The Toledo railway station, 1919 File:Toledo_Train_Station_October_2022.jpg, The Toledo railway station, 1919 File:EdAníbalG001.jpg, Neo-Mudéjar building in
Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...
, 1909 File:002059 - Madrid (4485191184).jpg, Church of Niño Jesús in Madrid, by Francisco Jareño, 1885 File:Edificio del Reloj en la Arganzuela (14557320052).jpg, Casa del Reloj, Arganzuela, Madrid, 1933 File:Gran Teatro Falla.JPG, Gran Teatro Falla of
Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...
, 1884 File:ICADE (Alberto Aguilera 23, Madrid) 01.jpg, Comillas Pontifical University building in Madrid File:Alcalá de Henares (RPS 12-08-2007) Ermita de la Virgen del Val, fachada principal.png, Ermita de la Virgen del Val in
Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located to the northeast of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated municipality. ...
, 1926


See also

* Moorish Revival architecture * Spanish architecture *
Indo-Saracenic architecture Indo-Saracenic architecture (also known as Indo-Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal, or Hindoo style) was a revivalist architectural style mostly used by British architects in India in the later 19th century, especially in public and government ...


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''ARQUITECTURA DEL SIGLO XIX'' by Inmaculada Rodríguez Cunill
() {{DEFAULTSORT:Neo-Mudejar . Revival architectural styles Architectural styles House styles * Architecture in Spain Architecture in Portugal