Vocab

=Almohad Mosque: (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret built during the Muslim Dynasty in the 12th century=

=Reconquista: (a Spanish/Portuguese word meaning reconquest/recapture) a period of 800 years during the Middle Ages when Christian Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula succeeded in taking the Iberian Peninsula=

=St. Peter's Basilica: a late renaissance church located in the Vatican City that has the largest interior of any church in the world=

=The Basilica of the National Shrine of our Lady of Aparecida: a Basilica in a small town in Brazil (Aparecida) dedicated to the National Patron Saint=

=Seville: A small town in Andalucia (southern) Spain= = = =Iberian Peninsula: The peninsula farthest south in Europe that nearly touches Africa where Spain and Portugal are located= = = =Giralda Tower: Previously the minaret of the Almohad mosque that stood on the spot where the cathedral is now located. It is now the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville.=

=Patio of the Orange Trees: The only other part of the Almohad mosque that is still in existence today. It was originally planted with palm trees, but replanted with orange trees in the 1500s.= = = =Gothic: A particular style of architecture popular during the 1400s to 1600s=