Example sentences for: moorish

How can you use “moorish” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The palace is a bizarre and extravagant cocktail of Gothic, Renaissance, Manueline, and Moorish architecture fashioned as a love nest for Queen Maria II (1834–1853) and her smitten husband, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

  • The Alcázar (entrance on far side of the square, through the Puerta del León) is a major monument to mid-14th century Mudéjar architecture, combining Moorish, Gothic, and Renaissance elements.

  • A Moorish castle, beautifully restored, stands isolated at the heart of the village.

  • The National Theater is located here, and across the road is the Estação do Rossio (with trains to Sintra and other places), which looks something like a Moorish palace with horseshoe arches, just west of the square.

  • In a.d. 711, some 12,000 Berber troops landed at Gibraltar, beginning a period of Moorish rule that was not broken by the Christians until nearly 800 years later.


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