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Guess the Architecture! for 11/15/2016

Posted November 15, 2016 8:00 AM by MaggieMc

Can you figure out where and what this building is? Do you recognize the arches? If not, check back and see if anyone else does!

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11/15/2016 9:27 AM

two-tiered arches of Cordoba's Mezquita

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11/15/2016 2:04 PM

It's not often you can stump Google! My best guess would be the Aqueduct of Segovia

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11/15/2016 11:47 PM

Nope!

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11/15/2016 6:36 PM

I think IdeaSmith is right:

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11/15/2016 11:47 PM

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Why are the arches of Cordoba's Mezquita two-tiered?

Because they reused columns taken from Roman temples or Visigoth churches and after being cut to make them all of uniform height, those columns became quite short. The mosque needed enough ceiling height to accommodate a number of followers for congregational worship. The available columns were so short that they placed the arcades one on top of another.
Instead of the usual manner where the upper part of the arcade is walled up, they placed two tiers of arcades in leaving the interspace vacant. The resulting perspective is overwhelming. If there had been long enough columns from the inception, those beautiful two-tiered arcades would not have been created. It was not generated simply by aesthetic intention but by a rational reason. Creating a surrealistic space only composed of indispensable components: that is the magnificent character of Islamic architecture.

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11/16/2016 12:35 AM

For some reason, it reminds me of Dwarrowdelf (Moria).

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11/16/2016 1:03 AM

Now these ones have the correct form for Islamic architecture. I was thrown off by the Roman form of the arcades at first.

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11/16/2016 9:05 AM

Wow !

These questions are too easy for some people.

A really good question would be for someone to post a picture of a bucket of sand and let viewer's guess what beach where in the world it was garnered from.
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11/16/2016 3:47 PM

They are clearly Moorish arches, but the sketch does not have enough definition to be able to accurately specify a single location, except by a lucky coincidence...

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11/17/2016 12:41 AM

Not lucky but with the correct search you can find a lot.

You are correct that these are Moorish Arches which is more visible in this picture.

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11/21/2016 11:13 AM

IdeaSmith was right about this Guess the Architecture Post! This is the Mezquita of Córdoba, otherwise known as the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

As IdeaSmith pointed out, the mosque is very well known for its double arches!

Check back tomorrow for another Guess the Architecture Post!
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11/30/2016 7:36 PM

Where is my good answer now????

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