These oases of beauty and calm claim their roots in the traditional Moorish gardens of ancient ... were among the first to design and plant courtyard gardens. Perhaps it was an attempt to ...

Gardens have great importance in Morocco, as elsewhere in the Muslim world. The Moorish garden is intended to provide calm, shade, perfume, beauty and pleasure. Gardens have great importance in ...

In this gorgeously lit windowless room, a circular mirror is laid on the floor; it evokes the traditional and the contemporary together — are we looking into a deep pool in a Moorish garden ...

These oases of beauty and calm claim their roots in the traditional Moorish gardens of ancient Spain ... says monasteries were among the first to design and plant courtyard gardens. Perhaps it was an ...