Editing Almohad Caliphate (section)

==== Painted decoration ====
The Kutubiyya Mosque's minaret in Marrakesh originally had polychrome painted decoration around the windows and blind arches on its exterior façades, featuring a mix of [[Islamic geometric patterns|geometric]] and vegetal [[arabesque]] motifs.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book|last=Salmon|first=Xavier|title=Maroc Almoravide et Almohade: Architecture et décors au temps des conquérants, 1055-1269|publisher=LienArt|year=2018|location=Paris}}</ref> In Seville, some Almohad-era houses have been excavated in various locations in the city, particularly on the site of the present-day cathedral. At least one of these excavations have revealed the remains of mural decoration featuring interlacing geometric decoration.{{Sfn|Lintz|Déléry|Tuil Leonetti|2014|p=327}} [[Islamic geometric patterns|Decorations]] of a [[Turkish bath|hammam]] dating back to the Almohad period were uncovered in a bar in [[Seville]] during renovations in 2020.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2021-02-18|title=Islamic 12th-century bathhouse uncovered in Seville tapas bar|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/18/islamic-12th-century-bathhouse-uncovered-in-seville-tapas-bar|access-date=2021-02-18|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The decorations feature red ochre paintings of [[Octagram|concave hexadecagons]] and eightfold rosettes on engraved white lime mortar in a pattern that fits the hammam's geometric skylight holes.<ref name=":3" />