Architectural description
Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD:
Aljama mosque 786 – 1000 A.D. | Cathedral mosque 15th – 18th century A.D.
STYLE: Islamic, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.
FUNCTION: Religious
CATALOGATION: Good of Cultural Interest. Historical heritage of Spain
It is a monument of great complexity resulting from two extensive construction phases:
The first begins with its foundation as an aljama mosque in 786 AD. It contains a structured oratory with eleven naves and a courtyard with porticoes. Subsequently, a minaret is created on the north wall.
Successive rulers expanded the prayer hall to the south, building thirteen new sections of ships but continuing the same foundational structure. The last expansion will be to the east by building eight new ships around the year 1000 AD.
En 1236 d. C. la mezquita aljama se convierte en catedral, aunque la primera intervención estructural será en 1486 d. C. cuando se construye una capilla mayor gótica de una nave. Será en el s.XVI cuando se edificará una nueva capilla mayor en lenguaje renacentista y barroco de planta rectangular, de tres naves, con crucero, cubiertas con bóvedas y una gran cúpula que al exterior sobresale en alzado
