A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. The buildings on this site are as complex as the extraordinarily rich history. Tipologia mezquita materiales,piedra,ladrillo,madera y a nivel. The mezquita spanish for mosque of cordoba is a roman catholic cathedral. The evolution of the omeya style in spain is resumed in the history of the mosque of cordoba, as well as other styles such as the gothic, renaissance and baroque of the christian architecture. The mosquecathedral of cordoba is the most important monument of all the western islamic world, and one of the most amazing in the world. A palimpsest of history and modernity, cordoba, a city with over one thousand years of history, and declared a world heritage. This article illustrates the case of the mosquecathedral of cordoba as. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. History of art, university of pennsilvania, estados unidos. Under the rule of islam, it was built as the secondlargest mosque in the world.
An historic zone was identified for protection as history of attempts to early as 1912. At first the site had been used for a temple, then a christian cathedral. C exhibition area for the old basilica of san vincente. It used to be a mosque situated in the andalusian city of cordoba, spain. The original structure was retained, although the bases of the columns were removed. The first beginnings date back to the 8th century, when abd alrahman i planned to. Original mosque abd alrahman i 1st enlargement abd alrahman ii 3rd enlargement almanzor 2nd enlargement alhakam ii i k j 12 9 11 f 2 7 1 a g b h c d e 8 6 5 4 3 10 the mosquecathedral of cordoba has been a natio nal monument since 1882. Known locally as mezquitacatedral, the great mosque of cordoba is one of the. Tipologia mezquita materiales,piedra,ladrillo,madera y a nivel decorativo yeso. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2. The mezquita looks back on more than one thousand years of history. The mosquecathedral of cordoba also known as the great mosque of cordoba spanish.