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Cupboards intended for the storage of food and other donations for the poor or needy. Primarily used in historical contexts, for such cupboards on the premises of churches, hospitals, guilds, private estates, or other establishments that distributed alms.

Institutions founded by or maintained by a monastery, abbey, magistrate, nobleman, or private charity for the reception and support of the aged and poor; may also contain the residence of almoners; especially those dating from the Medieval and later periods in Europe. For institutions where the elderly, poor, or helpless were cared for and put to work at public expense, use "almshouses (institutions)."

Arte y cultura asociado con la dinastía islámica bereber que gobernó una parte de la península ibérica y el norte de África desde 1054 hasta 1147, cuando fue sucedida por los almohades. 

Tiene su origen a partir de un movimiento puritano en África occidental que atrajo a los bereberes del norte del continente. Su líder, Yusuf ibn Tasufin, fundó la ciudad de Marrakech en 1069. A partir de 1090 la dinastía controló el al-Ándalus y fue, a través de esta conexión, que arte omeya fue trasplantado al norte de África. También se sintió influencia egipcia en estos territorios.

Conocidos por su fervor puritano, los almorávides fueron, en la mayoría de los casos, mecenas de la arquitectura religiosa. Construyeron mezquitas en Tremecén y Argel que se inspiraron en la de Córdoba. En Fez se construyeron algunas igualmente dignas de mención. Los arquitectos almorávides eran conocidos por su manipulación imaginativa del espacio tridimensional, utilizando arcos ornamentales y bóvedas decorativas, formas arquitectónicas tradicionalmente separadas. Estos y otros elementos animan sus edificios en lugar de las artes decorativas.

El sello distintivo de los mocárabes magrebíes es que el exterior no revela la configuración interna. La bóveda del mocárabe de Fez, por ejemplo, está construida sobre un espacio rectangular y, por tanto, actúa visualmente como un techo suspendido en lugar de una cúpula tradicional. 

La fuente que una vez fue parte de la gran mezquita de Marrakech destaca por sus formas de arco lobulado y ondulado, que crean un poderoso ritmo escultórico.

Se refiere a un tipo de rociador de agua de rosas de vidrio español. El cuerpo de la vasija es generalmente ovoide o en forma de pera sobre un pie de gran altura. El recipiente está destinado a ser llenado a través del cuello. Cuatro caños verticales delgados salen del hombro. Almorratxes encuentran especialmente en Cataluña.

Charitable relief given to the poor or needy, including money, food, clothing, or other material gifts.

Containers of various sizes and designs built to gather donations for charity or for religious organizations.

Locally administered public or private institutions for care of the homeless, disabled, and elderly without means; often operated in conjunction with a farm, with emphasis on meeting operating costs through the sale of farm produce. Almshouses incurred widespread criticism after the turn of the 20th century for failure to provide differentiated treatment for the varying problems presented by residents. For earlier institutions where the disabled, elderly poor, or vagrants were confined for reform and work, use "workhouses (institutions)." For institutions established solely for the distribution of alms, use "almonries (institutions)." Buildings where the indigent or otherwise helpless without further recourse are cared for and put to work at public expense; in the United States, established since the mid-18th century and usually funded by local or state governments or parishes; in England, originally under the administration of monasteries for dispensing alms, later endowed by private charities. For buildings where the disabled, elderly poor, or vagrants are confined for reformative and correctional purposes, use "workhouses." For places established solely for the distribution of alms, use "almonries."

Genus containing about 30 species of ornamental shrubs and trees that are primarily north temperate in distribution, but range south through the Andes to about latitude 20 degrees S. It is only in the Americas that members of the family extend along the mountains into the Southern Hemisphere. An alder may be distinguished from a birch by its usually stalked winter buds and by cones that remain on the branches after the small, winged nutlets are released. The scaly bark is grayish brown in some species and almost white in others. The oval leaves are alternate, serrate, and often shallowly lobed; sticky on unfolding but glossy when mature, they fall without changing colour. Male and female flowers are borne in separate catkins on the same tree; they form during the summer and usually blossom the following spring before the leaves open.

Una especie de aliso.

Species of aromatic-leaved green alder native to the Northeastern North America and Greenland. In some classifications, a subspecies of Alnus viridis.

Species of aromatic-leaved green alder native to northeastern Europe, northern Asia, and northwestern North America. In some classifications, a subspecies of Alnus viridis.

Species of alder native to Europe, the British Isles, and Africa, and cultivated in the United States. Known as black alder for its dark bark and cones.

Species of alder found in the United States, native to three distinct areas: Oklahoma, Georgia, and in Maryland and Delaware on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Especies de aliso nativo de Japón y Corea.

Species of alder native to west coastal North America.

Species of aromatic-leaved green alder native to western North America and far northeastern Siberia. In some classifications, a subspecies of Alnus viridis.

Species of European shrub having sharply pointed, bright green leaves.

Esculturas de madera Mahafaly altas ubicadas en pequeños grupos en tumbas, talladas con figuras humanas y animales y calados geométricos.

Que tiene la propiedad de cambiar el color, debido a impurezas químicas o efectos ópticos.

Genus of shrubby succulent plants in the family Asphodelaceae, containing hundreds of species native to Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula.