CRDOBA'S MOSQUE Victor Corvo & Laura Isabel Montero

LOCATION

The Crdoba's mosque is located in Calle del Cardenal Herrero, 1, 14003

ARCHITECTUREIts architecture style is Islamic.

Poor building materials were used. Wall were covered with a lot of decorations. Muslims didn't permit the representation of animals of people so they painted geometric and plant motifs. The artist also used calligraphy to cover the walls with poems, eulogies and texts from the Koran.There was a play of light and shade, using stained glass, shutters, and reflections on tiles. A love of water can be seen in fountains, pools and waterfalls. Islamic buildings were supported by colums, pillars and horseshoe, or arches with decorative plasterwork. Buildings usually had flat, wooden roofs. Some buildings had domes, which were often richly decorated.

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTSArches: are stripped with red and cream lines and were made with stone and brick.Walls: are mostly decorated whit geometrical forms and were made with limestone.Facade: is decorated with many small elements.

HISTORY OF CRDOBA'S MOSQUE Crdoba's mosque is one of the most important monuments of the Western Islamic.

Abd-al-Rahman I ordered to build Crdoba's mosque in 786.The mosque was finished in 988.Architectural style was Islamic renaisent.

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