Mosque

of
Cordoba
By Lluc Floris and
Pol Fuster
Pol
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Introduction
The 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).
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

Courtyard of the
Tower Orange Trees

Oratory

Cathedral
The prayer room Lluc

The prayer room is

made up of nineteen
naves with 856
columns with shafts
of all imaginable
colours and forms.
And 365 bicolour
arches.
The Mihrab Lluc

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.
The Orange Tree Courtyard Lluc

One 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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Cathedral
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.
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Questions for you

If you've have been paying atention you can
answer the next questions

(You can’t check you’re book)

1.1 Vault Lluc

What are the name of these two vaults?

 1.2 Arch
What arches can you see in these photo?

Pol
1.3 Decoration
What’s the name of this type of decoration?

Pol
1.4 All of them

What symbols
of architecture
are here?

Lluc
 The end!!!!!

Thank you for you’re attention

Lluc