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Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the
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in the wake of Romanticist
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. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th century, part of a widening vocabulary of articulated decorative ornament drawn from historical sources beyond familiar classical and Gothic modes. Neo-Moorish architecture drew on elements from classic Moorish architecture and, as a result, from the wider Islamic architecture.


In Europe

The "
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" garden structures built at Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, ca. 1812, were an unusual touch at the time, a parallel to chinoiserie, as a dream vision of fanciful whimsy, not meant to be taken seriously; however, as early as 1826,
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used Islamic arches, domes of various size and shapes and other details of Near Eastern Islamic architecture to great effect in his design for Alupka Palace in Crimea, a cultural setting that had already been penetrated by authentic Ottoman styles. By the mid-19th century, the style was adopted by the Jews of Central Europe, who associated
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and Mudéjar architectural forms with the golden age of
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in medieval Muslim Spain. It has also been argued that Jewish communities adopted this architecture (which in Western eyes was seen as stereotypical of "Islamic" or "
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" culture more broadly) for more complex reasons; mainly, as an affirmation or reclamation of the Middle Eastern or
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roots of their history and thus as a way of setting themselves apart from the surrounding Western or Christian society. This came at time when Jews were gaining more freedoms in some European societies and the construction of ostentatious synagogues was possible for the first time, thus provoking a search for a new distinct style of architecture. Historian John M. Efron of the University of California at Berkeley regards the popularity of Moorish revival architecture among builders of synagogues as a counterpoint to Edward Said's ''Orientalism'', which criticizes European
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as inherently imperialist and racist, since the builders chose the style as an expression of admiration for the culture of the Muslim world. As a consequence, Moorish Revival spread around the globe as a preferred style of
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for a long period until the early 20th century. In Spain, the country conceived as the place of origin of Moorish ornamentation, the interest in this sort of architecture fluctuated from province to province. The mainstream was called Neo-Mudéjar. In Catalonia,
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's profound interest in Mudéjar heritage governed the design of his early works, such as
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or Astorga Palace. In Andalusia, the Neo-Mudéjar style gained belated popularity in connection with the
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and was epitomized by Plaza de España (Seville) and
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in Cádiz. In Madrid, the Neo-Mudéjar was a characteristic style of housing and public buildings at the turn of the century, while the 1920s return of interest to the style resulted in such buildings as Las Ventas bullring and Diario ABC office. A Spanish nobleman built the Palazzo Sammezzano, one of Europe's largest and most elaborate Moorish Revival structures, in Tuscany between 1853 and 1889. Although
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employed Moorish arcading among the exotic features of his furniture, shown at the 1902 exhibition at Turin, by that time the Moorish Revival was very much on the wane almost everywhere. A notable exceptions were
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, where the shell-encrusted Morozov House in Moscow (a stylisation of the Pena National Palace in Sintra), the Neo-Mameluk Dulber palace in Koreiz, and the palace in
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exemplified the continuing development of the style.


In the Balkans

Another exception was
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, where, after its occupation by Austria-Hungary, the new authorities commissioned a range of Neo-Moorish structures. The aim was to promote Bosnian national identity while avoiding its association with either the Ottoman Empire or the growing
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by creating an " Islamic architecture of European fantasy". This included application of ornamentations and other Moorish design strategies neither of which had much to do with prior architectural direction of indigenous
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. The central post office in Sarajevo, for example, follows distinct formal characteristics of design like clarity of form, symmetry, and proportion while the interior followed the same doctrine. The
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in Sarajevo is an example of Pseudo Moorish architectural language using decorations and pointed arches while still integrating other formal elements into the design.


In the United States

In the United States, Washington Irving's fanciful travel sketch, '' Tales of the Alhambra'' (1832), first brought Moorish Andalusia into readers' imaginations; one of the first neo-Moorish structures was Iranistan, a mansion of
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in
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. Constructed in 1848 and destroyed by fire ten years later, this architectural extravaganza "sprouted bulbous domes and horseshoe arches". In the 1860s, the style spread across America, with
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, the painter
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's house overlooking the Hudson River, Castle Garden in Jacksonville and Longwood in
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usually cited among the more prominent examples. After the American Civil War, Moorish or Turkish smoking rooms achieved some popularity. There were Moorish details in the interiors created for the Henry Osborne Havemeyer residence on Fifth Avenue by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The 1914 Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon incorporates Turkish design features, as well as French, English, and Italian ones; the smoking room in particular has notable Moorish revival elements. In 1937, the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota added unusual minarets and Moorish domes, unusual because the polychrome decorations are made out of corn cobs of various colors assembled like mosaic tiles to create patterns. The 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel, whose minarets and Moorish domes are now the pride of the University of Tampa, was a particularly extravagant example of the style. Other schools with Moorish Revival buildings include David H. Zysman Hall at Yeshiva University in New York City. George Washington Smith used the style in his design for the 1920s Isham Beach Estate in Santa Barbara, California.


In India

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, built by
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at Hyderabad.


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Around the world


Synagogues


Europe

* Munich synagogue, by Friedrich von Gärtner, 1832 was the earliest Moorish revival synagogue (destroyed on Kristallnacht) *
Semper Synagogue The Semper Synagogue, also known as the Dresden Synagogue, designed by Gottfried Semper and built from 1838 to 1840, was dedicated on 8 May 1840. It was an early example of the Moorish Revival style of synagogue architecture. History and destruc ...
, by
Gottfried Semper Gottfried Semper (; 29 November 1803 – 15 May 1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in ...
, Dresden, 1839–40 (destroyed on Kristallnacht) *
Leopoldstädter Tempel The Leopoldstädter Tempel was the largest synagogue of Vienna, in the district (Bezirk) of Leopoldstadt. It was also known as the Israelitische Bethaus in der Wiener Vorstadt Leopoldstadt. It was built in 1858 in a Moorish Revival style by the ...
, Vienna, Austria, 1853–58 (destroyed on Kristallnacht) * Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest, Hungary, 1854–1859 * Leipzig synagogue, 1855 (destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938) * Glockengasse synagogue, Cologne, Germany, 1855–61 (destroyed on Kristallnacht) * New Synagogue by
Eduard Knoblauch (Carl Heinrich) Eduard Knoblauch (born 25 September 1801 in Berlin; died 29 May 1865 in Berlin) was a Germans, German architect. Eduard Knoblauch was born in his family's house on Poststraße 23 in the Nikolaiviertel neighborhood in Berlin, Ge ...
, Berlin, 1859–1866 * New Synagogue,
Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated ''Ostrów Wlkp.'', formerly called simply ''Ostrów'', german: Ostrowo, Latin: ''Ostrovia'') is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; ...
, Poland, 1857–1860 * Tempel Synagogue, Cracow, Poland, 1860–62 *
Cetate Synagogue Cetate Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in Timișoara, located on Mărășești Street in the Cetate district. It was built between 1863 and 1865 in an eclectic style with Moorish elements. It is inscribed in the list of historical monume ...
, Timişoara, Romania, by Ignaz Schumann, 1864–65 * Choral Temple, Bucharest, 1864–1866 * Zagreb Synagogue, 1867 * The Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Sweden, by Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, 1867–1870 * Synagogue of Besançon, France, 1867–1870 * Spanish Synagogue, Prague, 1868 * Rumbach Street synagogue, Budapest, Hungary, 1872 *
Czernowitz Synagogue The Czernowitz Synagogue was a domed, Moorish Revival synagogue built in 1873 in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary (today Chernivtsi, Ukraine). The synagogue was closed in 1940 and serves as a movie theater today. History The original building was ...
, Czernowitz, Ukraine, 1873 *
Great Synagogue of Florence The Great Synagogue of Florence or Tempio Maggiore is one of the largest synagogues in South-central Europe, situated in Florence, in Italy. The synagogue of Florence was one of the most important synagogues built in Europe in the age of the Je ...
, ''Tempio Maggiore'', Florence, Italy, 1874–82 *
Princes Road Synagogue Princes Road Synagogue is a synagogue on Princes Road in the Toxteth district of Liverpool, England. It is the home of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation. It was founded in the late 1860s, designed by William James Audsley and George Ashdow ...
, Liverpool, England, 1874 *
Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Jewish Museum occupies the former Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and an adjacent building on Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester, England. It is a grade II* listed building. The synagogue was completed in 1 ...
, built as a
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synagogue, Manchester, England, 1874 *
Vercelli Synagogue The Vercelli Synagogue ( it, Tempio Israelitico) is a synagogue in Vercelli, Italy. The synagogue, located at Via Foà 70, was built in 1878. It was designed by Marco Treves, an architect born in Vercelli who also designed the Great Synagogue of ...
, Vercelli, Italy, 1878 * Vrbové synagogue, Vrbové, Slovakia, 1883 * Turin synagogue, Italy, 1884 *
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, Pilsen, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1888 * The Grand Choral Synagogue, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1888 *
Esztergom Synagogue The Esztergom Synagogue is a building located in the town of Esztergom, Hungary. It was built in 1859, renovated in 1888, and severely damaged by a bombing during World War II. Since almost all Jewish people in the town were deported during the ...
, Hungary, 1888 * Fabric New Synagogue in Timişoara, Romania, by Lipot Baumhorn, 1889 * Rosenberg synagogue,
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, Poland, 1889 (destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938) *
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synagogue, France, 1891 *
Hollandse Synagoge The Synagogue Shomré Hadas, commonly known as the ( en, Dutch Synagogue).The building is also known in Antwerp as the ' or ''Main Synagogue'' is a Modern Orthodox synagogue built in Antwerp, Belgium. The building is so named because it was com ...
,
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, Belgium, 1893 * Second
Luxembourg Synagogue The Luxembourg Synagogue is a Jewish synagogue in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. History The first synagogue The first synagogue in Luxembourg City was founded in 1823 on Rue du Petit-Séminaire (today Rue de la Congrégation). Samuel Hirsch ...
, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 1894 *
Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv) The Great Choral Synagogue of Kyiv, also known as the Podil Synagogue or the Rozenberg Synagogue, is the oldest synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is situated in Podil, a historic neighborhood of Kyiv, and is under the leadership of Rabbi Bleich. ...
, Ukraine, 1895 *
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synagogue, Czech Republic, 1895 *
Olomouc Synagogue The Olomouc Synagogue ( cs, Synagoga v Olomouci), located in Olomouc, Czech Republic, was built in 1897 and was destroyed during a Nazi attack in March 1939. History In the late 1850s, Olomouc's "Izraelitische Cultusverein", the religious society ...
, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 1897 (destroyed in 1938) * Prešov synagogue,
Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...
, Slovakia, 1898 * Košice synagogue,
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, Slovakia, 1899, interior of Rundbogenstil building *
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synagogue, Slovakia, 1886, rebuilt 1900 *
Sarajevo Synagogue Sarajevo Synagogue ( Bosnian: ''Sinagoga u Sarajevu'' / Синагога у Сарајеву) is Sarajevo's primary and largest synagogue and is located on the south bank of the river Miljacka. It was constructed in 1902 and remains the only fu ...
, 1902 * Karaite Kenesa, Kyiv, 1902 *
Jubilee Synagogue Jubilee Synagogue ( cs, Jubilejní synagoga), also known as the Jerusalem Synagogue ( cs, Jeruzalémská synagoga) for its location on Jerusalem Street, is an active synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic. It was built in 1906, designed by Wilhelm S ...
, Prague, Czech Republic, 1906 * Groningen Synagogue, Groningen, Netherlands, 1906 * Choral Synagogue, Minsk, Belarus, 1906 * Bet Israel Synagogue, Belgrade, 1908. *
Sofia Synagogue The Sofia Synagogue ( bg, Софийска синагога, ''Sofiyska sinagoga'') is the largest synagogue in Southeastern Europe, one of two functioning in Bulgaria (with the other one in Plovdiv) and the third-largest in Europe.
, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1909 * Galitska Synagogue, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1909 *
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, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1910 * Arabian House (Hotel Jadran) Skopje, North Macedonia, 1936–38


United States

* Isaac M. Wise Temple, also known as the Plum Street Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865 * Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, 1866 (no longer standing) * ''Temple Emanu-El'' on Fifth Avenue at 43rd Street, Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York built in 1868, designed by Leopold Eidlitz, assisted by Henry Fernbach, (no longer standing) * B'nai Sholom Temple, Quincy, Illinois, 1870 * Central Synagogue (Manhattan), Central Synagogue, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, 1872 * Vine Street Temple, Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, 1874 * Temple Beth Israel (Hartford, Connecticut), Charter Oak Temple (Congregation Beth Israel), Hartford, Connecticut, 1876 * Temple of Israel (Wilmington, North Carolina), Temple of Israel, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1876 * B'nai Israel Synagogue (Baltimore), Maryland, 1876 * Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky), Temple Adath Israel, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1877 * Prince Street Synagogue (Oheb Shalom,) Newark, New Jersey, 1884 * Eldridge Street Synagogue, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, 1887 * Congregation Beth Israel of Portland, Oregon, 1888 (no longer standing) * Park East Synagogue, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, 1889 * Gemiluth Chessed, Port Gibson, Mississippi, 1891 * Temple Emanu-El (Helena, Montana), 1891 * Temple Beth-El, Corsicana, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, 1898–1900 * Temple Sinai (Sumter, South Carolina), 1912 * Young Israel of Flatbush, Midwood, Brooklyn, 1923BJHI Author (December 5, 2013
"Young Israel Of Flatbush"
Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
* Ohabei Shalom, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1925 * Congregation Ohab Zedek, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, 1926 * Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, 1928


Latin America

*Sephardic Temple, Barracas district, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Palacio Arabe, downtown Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1945


Churches and cathedrals

* Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar, The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar (1825–1832) an early example of Moorish revival architecture is located in Gibraltar, which formed part of Moorish Al-Andalus between 711 and 1462 AD. * Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans), (a.k.a. Jesuit Church) is a striking example of Moorish Revival Architecture. Across the street was the College of the Immaculate Conception, housing a chapel with two stained glass domes. The chapel was disassembled and about half of it (one of the stained glass domes, eleven of the windows) was installed in the present Jesuit High School.


Shriners Temples

The Shriners, a fraternal organization, often chose a Moorish Revival style for their Temples. Architecturally notable Shriners Temples include: * Acca Temple Shrine, Richmond, Virginia, currently Altria Theater, formerly 'The Landmark Theater' and 'The Mosque' * Algeria Shrine Temple, Helena, Montana * Almas Temple, Washington D.C. * El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium, Phoenix, Arizona * Jaffa Shrine Center, Altoona, Pennsylvania * Medinah Temple, Chicago, Illinois now a Bloomingdale's. * Murat Shrine, Indianapolis, Indiana, the largest Shrine temple in North America, now officially known as Old National Centre. * New York City Center, now used as a concert hall * Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California * Tripoli Shrine Temple, Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Zembo Shrine Building, Zembo Mosque, a Masonic Temple in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania * The Scottish Rites Temple, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico, while not a Shrine Temple, is a Masonic building that uses the Moorish Revival architectural style.


Other buildings

* Palace of Manguinhos, site of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1905-1918 * "Mosque" shaped steam-generation plant in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, Prussia, 1842 * The Zacherlfabrik, Vienna, 1892 * City hall, Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1892 * City hall, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1894 * Jewish Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine, 1900 * Gimnazija Mostar, Mostar Gymnasium, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1902 * Former Yenidze, Yenidze Cigarette Factory, Dresden, Germany, 1908 (here, the "minarets" are used to disguise smokestacks) * Gedung Sate, Bandung, Indonesia, 1924 * Casamaures, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France, 1855 * Villa Zorayda, St. Augustine, FL, 1883 *Campo Pequeno bullring, Lisbon, 1892 *Henry B. Plant Museum, Tampa, FL, 1891 *Atwater water treatment plant, Canal de l'Aqueduc, Montreal, QC, 1912–18 *Scroll and Key Hall (Yale senior society building, New Haven, CT; 1869 and 1901) *Palacio de Valle in Cienfuegos, Cuba (1913–17) *The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, South Carolina


Gallery

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Leopoldstädter Tempel The Leopoldstädter Tempel was the largest synagogue of Vienna, in the district (Bezirk) of Leopoldstadt. It was also known as the Israelitische Bethaus in der Wiener Vorstadt Leopoldstadt. It was built in 1858 in a Moorish Revival style by the ...
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Likani Likani ( ka, ლიკანი) is a townlet in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region, located at the west end of the town of Borjomi in the Borjomi Municipality, some 160 km west of Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. Likani is adjacent to the Borjomi ...
Palace, Georgia, 1895 File:Dulber Palace.JPG, Dulber, Koreiz, Crimea, 1897 File:Moscow Vozdvizhenka Morozov House 08-2016.jpg, Arseny Morozov House, Moscow, Russia, 1899 File:Former Jewish Hospital in Lviv, Ukraine.jpg, Former Jewish Hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, 1901 File:Gimnazija Mostar.jpg, Mostar Gymnasium, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1902 File:Dresden Yenidze2.jpg, Yenidze Tobacco Factory, Dresden, Germany, 1907 File:Синагога Ужгород.jpg,
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, 1910 File:MoorishSantaFe2.jpg, Scottish Rite Temple (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1912 File:Синагога Смоленск.jpg, Choral Synagogue (Smolensk), 1917 File:Arapska kukja 2015 (5).JPG, Hotel Jadran (Arabian house) in Skopje, North Macedonia, 1938 File:Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno September 2014.jpg, Campo Pequeno bullring in Lisbon, Portugal,1892. File:655070 muzeum w zamku Kórnik (1).jpg, Kórnik Castle, Poland File:Scroll and Key Society building, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut). Front and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors. Elevation and plans LCCN2013648230.jpg, Scroll and Key Hall; New Haven, Connecticut (Yale senior society building). This is a proposed plan of ca. 1867. Only far left structure was built. File:Kardzhali History Museum, Историчеки музей Кърджали.jpg, History Museum, Kardzhali, Bulgaria


See also

* Moorish Revival architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Islamic architecture * Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture


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Moorish Revival in New York Architecture
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