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Color and mural painting

19/01/2009 Esteban 2

The great architect of ornament we could look at the mosque was al-Hakam II (962-966), author of the second extension of the mosque. The group offered a result very careful about color (shafts of marble, plaster, techumbres y […]

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The soles of the mihrab of Al-Andalus

18/01/2009 admin 0

(…) The third type mentioned is the mihrab of flat polygonal whose interior is divided into a socket, a frieze of arches and dome intermediate. Their model is to be found in the mihrab of the Caliphate […]

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The other mosques of Cordoba

18/01/2009 admin 0

1) Mosque "The FONTANAR 'of Cordoba, according to D. Osuna moon and A. M. Zamorano Arenas; 2) Caliph Mosque King Street Heredia (former convent of Sta. Catalina), according Escribano Ucelay; 3) and 6) Madinal mosque of al-Zahra ', […]

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The first mosque

18/01/2009 admin 0

Therefore refers to the formal genesis mosque, I must say that the most primitive model, hypostyle hall with patio, arose from the need to combine the function of collective prayer forms […]

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Palace Califal

16/01/2009 admin 1

I found near the Mosque of Cordoba Caliphate remains related to the palace Published 08/08/2006. Source: Cordoba Day. Experts doubt whether they belong to the building or hallway allowing access to the Caliph Mosque […]

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The true story of sabats

16/01/2009 Esteban 0

National – 01/09/2006 8:03 – Author: Luis Recio Mateo – Source: Journal of Córdoba true sabbath today was that of Fray Diego Mardones shoots eliminate 1617. However, to understand the phase is bound by my […]

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Perhaps the first Mihrab

15/01/2009 Esteban 0

This is one of the most important pieces in the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba and, by their morphological and decoration, may correspond to a mihrab monolithic VIII century AD. indicating, […]

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The milestones of the Patio de los Naranjos

14/01/2009 admin 0

THE WAY IN AUGUSTA BÉTICA A page illustrated transcription of the inscriptions of the milestones, your photos and perhaps the diagram of the glasses Vicarelo. (all graphical documentation is) The level epigraphic this route are […]