Moorish Revival architecture

Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th century, part of a widening vocabulary of articulated decorative ornament drawn from historical sources beyond familiar classical and Gothic modes. Neo-Moorish architecture drew on elements from classic Moorish architecture and, as a result, from the wider Islamic architecture.^[1]

built by Viqar-ul-Umra at Hyderabad.

Spanish Mosque

Munich synagogue, by , 1832 was the earliest Moorish revival synagogue (destroyed on Kristallnacht)

Friedrich von Gärtner

by Gottfried Semper, Dresden, 1839–40 (destroyed on Kristallnacht)

Semper Synagogue

Vienna, Austria, 1853–58 (destroyed on Kristallnacht)

Leopoldstädter Tempel

Budapest, Hungary, 1854–1859

Dohány Street Synagogue

1855 (in the Gottschedstrasse, destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938)

Leipzig synagogue

Cologne, Germany, 1855–61 (destroyed on Kristallnacht)

Glockengasse synagogue

by Eduard Knoblauch, Berlin, 1859–1866

New Synagogue

Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland, 1857–1860

New Synagogue

Cracow, Poland, 1860–62

Tempel Synagogue

Timişoara, Romania, by Ignaz Schumann, 1864–65

Cetate Synagogue

Bucharest, 1864–1866

Choral Temple

1867

Zagreb Synagogue

Sweden, by Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, 1867–1870

The Great Synagogue of Stockholm

France, 1867–1870

Synagogue of Besançon

Prague, 1868

Spanish Synagogue

Budapest, Hungary, 1872

Rumbach Street synagogue

Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 1873

Czernowitz Synagogue

Tempio Maggiore, Florence, Italy, 1874–82

Great Synagogue of Florence

Liverpool, England, 1874

Princes Road Synagogue

built as a Sephardic synagogue, Manchester, England, 1874

Manchester Jewish Museum

Vercelli, Italy, 1878

Vercelli Synagogue

Vrbové, Slovakia, 1883

Vrbové synagogue

Italy, 1884

Turin synagogue

Pilsen, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1888

Great Synagogue in Pilsen

St. Petersburg, Russia, 1888

The Grand Choral Synagogue

Hungary, 1888

Esztergom Synagogue

Romania, by Lipot Baumhorn, 1889

Fabric New Synagogue in Timişoara

Rosenberg synagogue, , Poland, 1889 (destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938)

Olesno

synagogue, France, 1891

La Ferté-sous-Jouarre

Antwerp, Belgium, 1893

Hollandse Synagoge

Second , Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 1894

Luxembourg Synagogue

Ukraine, 1895

Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv)

synagogue, Czech Republic, 1895

Opava

Olomouc, Czech Republic, 1897 (destroyed in 1938)

Olomouc Synagogue

Prešov synagogue, , Slovakia, 1898

Prešov

Košice, Slovakia, 1899, interior of Rundbogenstil building

Košice synagogue

synagogue, Slovakia, 1886, rebuilt 1900

Malacky

1902

Sarajevo Synagogue

Kyiv, 1902

Karaite Kenesa

Prague, Czech Republic, 1906

Jubilee Synagogue

Groningen, Netherlands, 1906

Groningen Synagogue

Minsk, Belarus, 1906

Choral Synagogue

Belgrade, Serbia, 1908.

Bet Israel Synagogue

Sofia, Bulgaria, 1909

Sofia Synagogue

Kyiv, Ukraine, 1909

Galitska Synagogue

Uzhhorod, Ukraine, 1910

Uzhhorod Synagogue

Moldova, 1913

Chișinău Choral Synagogue

Arabian House (Hotel Jadran) , North Macedonia, 1936–38

Skopje

Gibraltar (1825–1832) an early example of Moorish revival architecture is located in Gibraltar, which formed part of Moorish Al-Andalus between 711 and 1462 AD.

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

(a.k.a. Jesuit Church) is a striking example of Moorish Revival Architecture. Across the street was the College of the Immaculate Conception, housing a chapel with two stained glass domes. The chapel was disassembled and about half of it (one of the stained glass domes, eleven of the windows) was installed in the present Jesuit High School.

Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans)

Richmond, Virginia, currently Altria Theater, formerly 'The Landmark Theater' and 'The Mosque'

Acca Temple Shrine

Helena, Montana

Algeria Shrine Temple

Washington D.C.

Almas Temple

Phoenix, Arizona

El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Jaffa Shrine Center

Jerusalem Temple, New Orleans, Louisiana, built at 1137 St. Charles Avenue in 1918 by architect Emile Weil.

Chicago, Illinois now a Bloomingdale's.

Medinah Temple

Indianapolis, Indiana, the largest Shrine temple in North America, now officially known as Old National Centre.

Murat Shrine

now used as a concert hall

New York City Center

Los Angeles, California

Shrine Auditorium

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Tripoli Shrine Temple

a Masonic Temple in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Zembo Mosque

The , while not a Shrine Temple, is a Masonic building that uses the Moorish Revival architectural style.

Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Karem Shrine Temple, Waco, Texas; now Hotel 1928

The Shriners, a fraternal organization, often chose a Moorish Revival style for their Temples. Architecturally notable Shriners Temples include:

Building of the Regional historical museum in , Bulgaria, 1922-1930

Kardzhali

Palace of Manguinhos, site of the , in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1905-1918

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

"Mosque" shaped steam-generation plant in , Potsdam, Prussia, 1842

Sanssouci Park

The , Vienna, 1892

Zacherlfabrik

City hall, , Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1892

Brcko

City hall, , Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1894

Sarajevo

Jewish Hospital, , Ukraine, 1900

Lviv

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1902

Mostar Gymnasium

Former , Dresden, Germany, 1908 (here, the "minarets" are used to disguise smokestacks)

Yenidze Cigarette Factory

Bandung, Indonesia, 1924

Gedung Sate

Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, France, 1855

Casamaures

St. Augustine, FL, 1883

Villa Zorayda

Lisbon, 1892

Campo Pequeno bullring

Tampa, FL, 1891

Henry B. Plant Museum

Karlo Helmbold's House (Šeherezada), Zrenjanin, Serbia, by Ištvan Bart, 1900

Atwater water treatment plant, , Montreal, QC, 1912–18

Canal de l'Aqueduc

Hall (Yale senior society building, New Haven, CT; 1869 and 1901)

Scroll and Key

in Cienfuegos, Cuba (1913–17)

Palacio de Valle

a military college in Charleston, South Carolina

The Citadel

Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans), 1851, rebuilt 1930

Leopoldstädter Tempel, Vienna, Austria, 1858

Spanish Synagogue (Prague), Czech Republic, 1868

Florence synagogue, Italy, 1882

Turin synagogue, Italy, 1884

Fabric New Synagogue in Timişoara, Romania, 1889

Tampa Bay Hotel, Tampa, Florida, 1891

The Grand Choral Synagogue, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1893

Great Synagogue, Plzeň, Czech Republic, 1893

The Palace of Manguinhos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Likani Palace, Georgia, 1895

Dulber, Koreiz, Crimea, 1897

Arseny Morozov House, Moscow, Russia, 1899

Karlo Helmbold's House (Šeherezada) by Ištvan Bart in Zrenjanin, Serbia, 1900

Former Jewish Hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, 1901

Mostar Gymnasium, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1902

Yenidze Tobacco Factory, Dresden, Germany, 1907

Bet Israel Synagogue, Belgrade, Serbia, 1908

Uzhhorod Synagogue, 1910

Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1912

Choral Synagogue (Smolensk), 1917

Hotel Jadran (Arabian house) in Skopje, North Macedonia, 1938

Campo Pequeno bullring in Lisbon, Portugal,1892.

Kórnik Castle, Poland

Scroll and Key Hall; New Haven, Connecticut (Yale senior society building). This is a proposed plan of ca. 1867. Only far left structure was built.

History Museum, Kardzhali, Bulgaria

Moorish Revival architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Islamic architecture

Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture

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