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The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba

What Do you know about the Mosque of Córdoba?When Was it built?What Was its funtion?How many parts did it have?

Archaeological rests

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A Visigothic church, the Catholic Christian Basilica of Saint Vincent , originally stood on the site of the current Mosque-Cathedral

The mosque was built during a long period of time. It suffered five different expansions

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Write the phases and dates of the different expansions.

Let´s see the construction of the Mosque...

Prayer hall

The hypostyle hall is the main prayer space for Muslims.It served as a central prayer hall for personal devotion, for the five daily Muslim prayers .It also would have served as a hall for teaching and for law cases

Mihrab

The prayer hall also has a richly-decorated mihrab (niche symbolizing the direction of prayer) surrounded by an architecturally-defined maqsura (an area reserved for the emir or caliph during prayer)

The Courtyard

The courtyard is known today as the Patio de los Naranjos or "Courtyard of the Orange Trees". Until the 11th century, the mosque courtyard (also known as a sahn) was unpaved earth with citrus and palm trees irrigated at first by rainwater cisterns and later by aqueduct.

Bell tower and minaret

Abd al-Rahman III added the mosque's first minaret (tower used by the muezzin for the call to prayer) in the mid-10th century. The minaret has since disappeared after it was partly demolished and encased in the Renaissance bell tower that is visible today, which was designed by Hernán Ruiz III and built between 1593 and 1617