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d over redvelvet. Tile Work or Azulejos. The Moors occupied most of what is now Portugal for aconsiderable length of time. The extreme north they heldfor rather less than two hundred years, the extreme south formore than five hundred. This occupation by a governingclass, so different in religion,… … oo H< O < H z o o oU o« INTRODUCTION 21 those they ruled, has naturally had a strong influence, not onlyon the language of Portugal, but also on the art. Thouglithere survive no important Moorish buildings dating frombefore the reconquest—for the so-called mosque at Cintra iscertainly a small…
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