Great Mosque (Mezquita), Cordoba: the dome over the bay in front of the Mihrab
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA3762 |
| Artist/Photographer | Kantorowich, Roy Herman (1916-1996)
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| Country | Spain |
| City | Cordoba |
| Subject Date | 0987 |
| Image Date | 1980 |
| View | Interior |
| Style | Islamic |
| Medium | 35mm Transparency |
| Library Reference | RHK6443 |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Colour / B&W |
Colour |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
This former mosque became a place of Christian worship in 1236 when Cordoba was captured from the Moors by King Ferdinand III of Castile and the cathedral was built inside it largely in the 1520s.
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Subject tags
arches, cathedrals, columns, mosques, decorative stonework, decorative plasterwork