Cordoba Cathedral
VRA Core
Title
Cordoba Cathedral
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
Moorish
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
Catholicism
churches (buildings)
Gothic
statues
religious symbol
domes (architectural elements)
Umayyad
Moorish
Description
detail view
interior view
interior detail view of the dome
Architecture and City Planning
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
Sasser1067
Source
Elizabeth Sasser
Collection
Citation
al-Raḥmān, Abd, I, Enrique, the younger Egas, and Diego de Siloe, Cordoba Cathedral, 784-786 (mosque), Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Elizabeth Sasser. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/229202.
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