Abd al-Rahman III built what some historians consider the mosque’s first true minaret in 951-52. The original minaret’s floor plan was square, and the structure narrowed as it rose.

CÓRDOBA, Spain The great mosque of Córdoba was begun by the Muslim caliphs in the eighth century, its forest of pillars and red-and-white striped arches meant to convey a powerful sense of ...

His manuscripts detail civil and military machines, some original, others are copies ... leapt from the minaret of the Cordoba mosque in 852, and suffered only minor injuries.

In 784 the Ummayad ruler, Emir Abd Al-Rahman I purchased the Christian section, demolished the original structure and began construction of the Grand Mosque of Cordoba. His elaborate building ...

In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral and new defensive structures, particularly the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and the Torre ...

Mosque developers declined to comment. Paterson’s remarks signaled a softening in his steadfast support of the Cordoba Initiative’s mosque proposal. He said Cordoba has a right to build the ...

The Roman Catholic bishop of Cordoba in southern Spain has rejected an appeal from Muslims for the right to pray in the city's cathedral, a former mosque. Juan Jose Asenjo rejected the request made by ...

The Columbia Center for the Core Curriculum this semester amended the syllabus of Art Humanities to add a Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba and Amiens Cathedral unit to the curriculum. The Spanish mosque ...

“A timely article might be about the implications of the name Cordoba House for the proposed ... the cathedral of the Mosque. (Mezquita is the Spanish word for “mosque,” from Arabic masjad.) ...