Muslim-influenced ornament
Cathedral, Cordova, Spain
Visigoth church from ca. 600Mosque from 784 (this ornament)Cathedral from 1236
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Capella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily
Norman royal chapel, about 1140The style is called Norman or Byzantine
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Capella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily
This looks Moorish.
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Capella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily
But not entirely!
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Cathedral at Monreale, near Palermo, Sicily
Built in the decades after 1175
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Cathedral at Monreale, Sicily
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Cathedral at Monreale, Sicily
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Alhambra palaceGrenada, Spain
(Moorish, ca. 1400)
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