Mosque

of

Cordoba

By Lluc Floris and

Pol Fuster

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IntroductionThe Mosque of Cordoba (Patrimoni de la humanitat des de 1984) is the most important monument

of the Islamic West, one of the most amazing mosque in the world and the most important

monument of Al-Andalus art. These mosque is divided into 4 stages: Mosque of Abderraman I, the

first enlargement (821-852), the second enlargement (Xth century), the third enlargement

(987).

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Mosque of Abderraman I

The original temple of Abderrahman I, was started to build on 785 and was finished at 788

more or less, was formed by eleven ships longitudinal north-south direction.

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Architecture of the first mosque

Novel element is the use of the horseshoe arches from the Visigothic art. The arcades that divide

the ships are double height. The above, a horseshoe arch, and the below a stilted semicircular

arch. This double arcade provides greater lift the cover and better interior lighting.

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The first enlargement (821-852)

Abderrahman II (822) expand the prayer room in eight more parts face to the south. Mohamed I

definitely da Puerta de San Esteban, that we don’t know the origin. Abderraman I was succeed to Al-

Mundir and Abd-Allah. Al-Mundir built the treasure room. Abd-Allah build the secret corridor or sabat

that connect Alcazzer with the mihrab.

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The second enlargement (Xth century)

In 929 starts the construction of the second enlargement, Abderraman III the only thing that

made was a new minaret and enlarge the courtyard.

Hakam II adds new twelve sections, coming closer to the course of the Guadalquivir, in the

Qibla, is located the mihrab

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Parts of the mosque

Cathedral

Tower

Courtyard of the

Orange Trees

Oratory

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The prayer room

The prayer room is made up of nineteen naves with 856 columns with shafts of all imaginable colours and forms.

And 365 bicolour arches.

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The Mihrab

This is the present

appearance of the

Mihrab, built by Al-

haken II. The

mihrab is a small

room in the kiblah

where the Koran is

kept.

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The Minaret

The minaret built by Abderrahman III is preserved with the current bell tower.

The architect was Hernán Ruiz II, in 1593.

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The Kiblah

The Kiblah is the wall where the imam and the prayers

must be orientated to when they pray. The kiblah faces

toward Meca.

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The Orange Tree CourtyardOne of the most important parts of the Mosque is The Orange Tree

Courtyard, whose last expansion was carried out at the time of Abd al-Rahman III. In the Islamic period it was used as a place for public activities.The arches of the oratory on the courtyard were open.

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1.0 The Cathedral

In the XVI century the Bishop Carlos Manrique V get

the permissions for build the catedral inside the

Mosque.

On 1523, was designed and started by Hernán Ruiz

After the Death of the architect the catedral was

continuing the build of the building for her son,

and his grandson Juan Ochoa.

Construction was nearly to the two centuries

of architectural evolution.

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1.1 The

Cathedral

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Videos

We find a video that summaries the exposition:

http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/v2/videos/715.htm

Conclusion

The mosque of Córdoba it’s maybe the most

important islamic building of Àl-andalus and

we have to conserve it. We hope that with

this presentation you understeand more

clearly what is the mosque of Córdoba.

Questions for you

If you've have been paying atention you can

answer the next questions

(You can’t check you’re book)

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1.1 Vault

What are the name of these two vaults?

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1.2 Arch

What arches can you see in these photo?

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What’s the name of this type of decoration?

1.3 Decoration

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1.4 All of them

What symbols

of architecture

are here?

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The end!!!!!

Thank you for you’re attention

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