A pair of decorative arched windows or openings separated by a slender column, found in Islamic and Moorish architecture.
From Arabic 'al-jimaz' or 'al-jami' (paired), describing the characteristic twin-window design. The term entered English through Spanish architectural history after the Christian reconquest of Moorish Spain.
Ajimez windows are romance frozen in stone—the twin arches are so beautiful that European architects copied them for centuries, showing how Islamic design ideas conquered Europe through art rather than conquest.
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