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Essential Architecture- Morrocco Qubba al-Barudiyyin |
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Marrakesh |
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date |
1117 |
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style |
Islamic Almoravid |
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Mosque waterworks |
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The Qubbat Barudiyin (completed in 1120) was built as a fountain pavilion
for the congregational mosque of the Almoravid ruler 'Ali ben Yusuf (r.
1107-1142), and demonstrates the continuing importance of building
techniques and architectural motifs from Spain incorporated with North
African traditions. Located in an annex of the mosque (now rebuilt), the
rectangular pavilion is open on all sides by lobed and pointed arches
and is vaulted with a stuccoed brick dome. The dome's independent
interior vault, with its shallow dome divided into eight segments and
supported by an octagonal base of polylobed arches, refers to the
central maqsura dome of the Great Mosque of Cordoba. The Qubbat's highly
decorated interior vault incorporates muqarnas, and was probably
illuminated by windows of colored glass set within stucco grilles. Source: Hoag, John. 1987. Islamic Architecture. NY: Rizzoli, 47-49. |
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Special thanks to the Islamic architecture website http://archnet.org/ |
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