List of Moorish structures in Spain and Portugal

This is a list of preserved or partly-preserved Moorish architecture in Spain and Portugal from the period of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula (known as al-Andalus) from the 8th to 15th centuries. The list is organized by geographic location.

The mihrab area of the Great Mosque of Córdoba (8th–10th centuries)
The Giralda tower (right), a former minaret (12th century), now part of the Seville Cathedral
The Alhambra complex in Granada, dating from the Nasrid period (13th–15th centuries), with later Christian Renaissance additions

Spain

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Alhama de Granada

  • Arab baths of Alhama de Granada[1]

Alicante

Almería

Antequera

Árchez

Badajoz

Baños de la Encina

Córdoba

Gibraltar

Gormaz

Granada

Fiñana

  • Ermita de Nuestro Padre Jesús: former Almohad mosque with remains of mihrab and surface decoration[22][4]: 215 

Jaén

Jerez de la Frontera

Málaga

Mérida

Murcia

  • Castillejo de Monteagudo
  • Monastery of Santa Clara: remains of 12th-century al-Qasr al-Seghir (Alcázar Seguir)
  • Museum of the Church of San Juan de Dios: remains of mihrab of the former mosque of the main citadel (Alcázar Mayor)[23]

Niebla

Ronda

Seville

Tarifa

Toledo

Trujillo

Zaragoza

Portugal

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Albufeira

Lisbon

Mértola

Silves

Sintra

See also

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References

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