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The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba [1] [2] (Spanish: Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba [meθˈkita kateˈðɾal de ˈkoɾðoβa]), officially known by its ecclesiastical name of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), [3] is the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and located in the Spanish region of ...
The Emirate of Córdoba, from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of the Iberian Peninsula (known to Muslims as al-Andalus), the Balearic Islands, and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba (at the time Qurṭubah).
[10] [11] The mosque was subsequently expanded multiple times afterwards under Abd ar-Rahman's successors up to the 10th century. [13] After its last expansion by al-Mansur (Almanzor) in the 980s, the mosque covered an area measuring 590 by 425 feet (180 m × 130 m) [14] and became the largest mosque in the world outside of Abbasid Iraq.
The mosque had a very similar format to the early Great Mosque of Cordoba: a courtyard to the north and a prayer hall to the south divided into 11 naves by rows of arches, with the central nave in front of the mihrab being slightly wider. The minaret was located on the north side of the courtyard and had a square base measuring 5.88 metres per ...
The city of Cordoba was converted by the Muslim conquistadors, who in 711 had put an end to the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo, into the new capital of their state, which caused a great growth in its population that soon overflowed the walled enclosure of Roman Hispania.
Remains of the outer wall of the Umayyad Alcazar incorporated into the façade of the Episcopal Palace today. The Alcázar of the Caliphs or Caliphal Alcázar, also known as the Umayyad Alcázar [1] and the Andalusian Alcazar of Cordoba, [2] was a fortress-palace located in Córdoba, in present-day Spain.
The mosque's prayer hall was once again ravaged and partly destroyed by fire in 1893. [106] [107] A laborer engaging in repair work accidentally started the fire when he was smoking his nargila (water pipe). [107] The fire destroyed the inner fabric of the prayer hall and caused the collapse of the mosque's central dome.
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, a Roman Catholic cathedral in Spain This page was last edited on 26 January 2018, at 08:38 (UTC). Text is available under the ...