Minaret at Iglesia de San Juan de los Reyes

Granada, Spain

Once serving the Jami' al-Ta'ibin, this late thirteenth century Almohad minaret today stands as the bell tower of the Iglesia de San Juan de los Reyes, itself a product of the sixteenth century and the first Catholic church in the city. The brick tower is square in plan and features an intricate band of interwoven geometric forms above a rectangular panel of blind double arches.

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Robertson, Ian. 1980. Blue Guide Spain: The Mainland. London and Tonbridge: Ernest Benn Limited, 494.