The building Abderrahman I (169/785-786).
Technical issues in building the original Rahman Mosque I remain of study and discussion. Different opinions about your plant, the mihrab arcades and face, some claiming that the original temple […]
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The Mosque of Cordoba in Chicago
In the Illinois Digital Archives I found this gem. Is the Spanish Pavilion at the World Expo in Chicago the year 1893. It is a recreation of the forest of columns of the Mosque (no cathedral) Cordoba. Some weeks ago […]
The forest of columns: the essence of temple architecture
The interior space known as “the forest of columns” is the essence of this innovative building. We could say that the horseshoe arch is the most distinctly Spanish arch architecture used in all. The origen visigodo, the first […]