The “Andalusian Maghreb style” is an architectural and decorative style that was developed in Europe in Andalusia in Spain, from the eighteenth century but especially in the nineteenth century, which led to the emergence of this particular technique. It is translated into a strong oriental expression, especially from the Arab-Andalusian style, with special emphasis on the arches, domes, carved stucco, huge carved doors, pottery, mosaics, Qur’anic inscriptions, etc… By imitating the style of the ancient Marneids in Spain 2, or creators of art Spanish, or from the dispersed knowledge of various Islamic architecture and the arts of Islam. It developed mainly in architecture, in continuity with Andalusian architecture in Andalusia, but also in painting or sculpture.
At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this style of tradition was the subject of freer interpretations, mixed with European stylistic elements, and in keeping with the “new Moroccan style”, with Arab twists. , developed using the most modern techniques, particularly in the Maghreb, during the colonial period, the neo-Maghrebian or Moorish style designates an architectural type associated with the Maghreb Berbers, who from the Maghreb had an artistic influence on the Iberian Peninsula during the Islamic era,
Especially during the modern wave during the twentieth century. Shows buildings such as the Great Mosque of Cordoba and the Alhambra in Granada
One of the most famous mosques in Turkey, which is visited by tourists from all over the world, is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. Sultan Ahmed Mosque is one of the largest mosques in Turkey, where the area of the mosque is about 64-72 square meters, while its height is 43 meters, and the diameter of the central dome of the mosque is 23.5 meters, and the glass windows of the mosque are decorated with more than 200 different colors, therefore, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul is classified as the most beautiful and largest mosque in Turkey
The decision to build this mosque was issued by the Ottoman Sultan “Ahmed I” in the year “1590 AD 1617 AD” and its construction was completed on January 4, 1610 AD, so it is called the Sultan Ahmed Mosque after him, as Sultan Ahmed himself came and performed the first An ax strike in the construction of the mosque, and the Sultan Ahmed Mosque was the first Sultani mosque to be built more than four hundred years ago, and it was built under the supervision of the engineer Muhammad Agha, one of the students of the famous architect Sinan.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is astonishing in its size, design and luxury. It is considered one of the most beautiful mosques not only in Turkey, but in the Islamic world as a whole. It enjoys great admiration and interest from Turks and Arab and foreign tourists. The mosque is located in Sultan Ahmed Square. In the old town of Istanbul, south of the Hagia Sophia Museum and east of the Byzantine Hippodrome. It is distinguished by its location overlooking the Marmara Sea and opposite the Hagia Sophia Museum.
