VRA Core
Title
Burgos Cathedral
Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
Great Mosque of Córdoba
Agent
Colonia, Simón de (Spanish architect and sculptor, ca. 1445-ca. 1511)
Colonia, Juan de (German architect, ca. 1410-1481, active in Spain)
Vallejo, Juan de (Spanish architect, sculptor, and stonemason, active 1512-1547, died 1569)
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
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
exterior view
detail view of statue
Architecture and City Planning
Rights
© Elizabeth Sasser
Texas Tech University Libraries
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