Great Mosque (Mezquita), Cordoba: the west wall
Country | Spain |
City | Cordoba |
Subject Date | 987 |
Image Date | 1880 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Islamic |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 41756 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Mosques ; Belfries, bell towers ; Cathedrals ; Walls |
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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