Mezquita Cordoba Andalucia, Andalusian historic building history, Spanish church date
Mezquita Córdoba Mosque, Spain
Mosque of Córdoba, Spain
page updated 11 May 2019
Date built: since 784-; 961; 987
Location: Córdoba, Andalucia, southern Spain – España
This religious site has gone from Secular to Christian to Islamic and back to Christian:
Site of Roman temple, later a Christian Visigoth church in the 7th Century.
Mosque of Córdoba Building
Once the second-largest mosque in the world.
Completed at the time of the Umayyad dynasty.
Converted to Roman Catholic cathedral after the Reconquista.
image By Toni Castillo Quero – Flickr: [1], CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13926840
Architecturally famous for its double arches and patterned stonework of jasper, onix, granite and marble.
Mezquita is Spanish for mosque.
Location: Mezquita, Cordoba, Spain, southwestern Europe
Architecture in Spain
Spanish Architecture Designs – chronological list
Cordoba Architecture Walking Tours
Architecture Walking Tours by e-architect
Another Cordoba building design on e-architect:
Palace of Justice Córdoba, Spain
A recent Cordoba building on e-architect:
Iglesia de la Consolacion Cordoba
Design: Vicens + Ramos Architects
Iglesia de la Consolacion Cordoba
Cordoba Palace of Justice architects : Mecanoo architecten
Spanish Architecture – Selection
Barcelona Pavilion Building, Barcelona
Design: Mies van der Rohe Architect
Barcelona Pavilion
America’s Cup Pavilion Valencia : Edificio Veles e Vents
Design: David Chipperfield Architects with b720 (architects, Barcelona)
Americas Cup Pavilion
Seville University Library
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Seville University Library
Spanish Architecture
Spanish Architectural Designs
La Vaca Y La Huerta, Recoletos Street
Architects: Zooco Estudio
photographer : Imagen Subliminal. Miguel de Guzmán – Rocío Romero Rivasz
La Vaca Y La Huerta Restaurant
The name means “The cow and the orchard” and it talks about the main product of the restaurant and the starting point for us to start with the project.
Architects: IDOM
REE Campus
Red Eléctrica de España has commissioned IDOM for the comprehensive rehabilitation of two buildings in the Tres Cantos Technology Park (Madrid). The action includes a comprehensive adaptation to the new training and technological needs of the company, modernizing the set of buildings through an envelope that enables compliance with energy efficiency requirements.
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