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Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba: Then and Now

Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Córdoba, begun in 785 and famed for its forest of double arches; a cathedral was built inside it after 1236.

Historical view
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, historical view
Edwin Lord Weeks, Interior of a Mosque at Cordova (19th century). Edwin Lord Weeks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Today
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, today
Toni Castillo Quero, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todaySpain
StatusStanding
DateAD 785
Nearest city on the mapSeville (about 120 km)
Location37.879° N, -4.779° E
Map showing Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba in AD 700Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
Border map for AD 700. See Europe in AD 700.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCCarthaginian Empire
400 BC–324 BCHallstatt culture
323 BC–201 BCCarthaginian Empire
200 BC–101 BCRome
100 BC–2 BCRoman Republic
1 BC–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Maximian)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–599Visigoths
600–699Visigothic Kingdom
700–799Umayyad Caliphate
800–999Emirate of Córdoba
1000–1099Caliphate of Córdoba
1100–1199Almoravid dynasty
1200–1299Almohad Caliphate
1300–1491Castile
1492–1599Castile
1600–todaySpain

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