Giralda

Architecture · 1184–1198 · Seville · Europe

An Almohad minaret turned bell tower of Seville Cathedral, sister of Marrakesh's Koutoubia

Author: Ahmad ibn Baso
Style: Moorish style (al-Andalus) — Horseshoe arches, carved stucco and water in courtyards: al-Andalus's paradise in stone
Century: 12th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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1165 Church of the Intercession on the Nerl · Pre-Mongol architecture of Rus · Bogolyubovo, near Vladimir
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