Mezquita aljama de Qurṭuba

Today: Mezquita-catedral de Córdoba, Córdoba

Place: Qurṭuba (Córdoba)
Kind: Mosque
Built: 786 to 987
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The great mosque of Córdoba, built by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I in 786 and enlarged under the emirate and the Caliphate: al-Ḥakam II gave it the mihrab and maqsura in 971, and Almanzor the last extension in 987. Consecrated as a church after the conquest of 1236, it is the cathedral today, and the prayer hall with the caliphal mihrab can be visited.

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