Cordoba Great Mosque

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Title

Cordoba Great Mosque
Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
Great Mosque of Córdoba

Agent

Diego de Siloe
Enrique Egas the Younger

Location

Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Calle Cardenal Herrero, 1, 14003 Córdoba, Spain
37°52′45.1″N 04°46′47″W

Date

784-786 (mosque)
1523-1599 (reconstruction)
8th century (mosque)
16th century (reconstruction)

Style Period

Umayyad
Morish

Cultural Context

Moorish

Worktype

complexes
cathedrals
mosques

Material

limestone walls
prayer hall: porphyry
jasper
and marble pillars supporting two-tier horseshoe arches
mihrab: marble
mosaic inscriptions

Technique

Bricklaying,Arches,Columns

Subject

Moorish
barrel ceilings
complexes
cathedrals
mosques

Description

detail view
interior view
interior view of ceiling
Architecture and City Planning
A.D. 786

Rights

© Elizabeth Sasser
Texas Tech University Libraries
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

ID

Sasser1013

Source

Elizabeth Sasser

Citation

al-Raḥmān, Abd, I, Enrique, the younger Egas, and Diego de Siloe, Cordoba Great Mosque, 784-786 (mosque), Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Elizabeth Sasser. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/229164.

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