Cathedral · Spain · Restored
Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba
The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba began as the Great Mosque built from 785 and enlarged through the 10th century; it was later converted to the city's Catholic cathedral. The complex combines a vast hypostyle prayer hall, a large arcaded courtyard, and a tall minaret (later a bell tower), and it preserves reused Roman and Visigothic columns and richly decorated mihrab mosaics.
First raised
AD 786
Its prime
AD 971
Today
Restored
As it stood in AD 971
The shape it held in its prime.
A vast rectangular walled complex of pale ochre stone and tiled roofs surrounding a large open courtyard planted with palms and orange trees; a tall square minaret rises from one corner. The interior is a hypostyle forest of closely spaced marble and jasper columns topped by two-tiered red-and-white horseshoe arches, intersecting aisles receding toward a gilded, mosaic‑clad mihrab and maqsurah niche. Exterior walls show regular buttresses and arcaded galleries.
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7 places to explore in AD 971.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba — including 3 interiors: hypostyle prayer hall (overview), mihrab and maqsurah, reused columns and capitals (detail). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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