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By Nina Burleigh There is a way through Spain that is all horseshoe arches, keyhole windows and bronze doors carved in Arabic script. It meanders into crenelated forts, Moorish castles overlooking ...
Located on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, the nation’s most populous city is a layer cake of soaring mosques, art deco ...
The building was later restored and converted into the Museum of Confluences, which is dedicated to the art of Moroccan craftsmanship. Here, you can ogle at intricately carved and painted wooden ...
What exactly is Moorish design, you ask? Think colour, geometric shapes, intricate tilework, stucco, plasterwork, domed ceilings, carved arches and stained glass. The style was originally brought ...
Shakespeare's play Othello features a Moorish general in the Venetian army. The 19th-century African-American actor Ira Aldridge, depicted here in the title role, was the first black man to appear ...