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The Mezquita (Great Mosque)

ViewInterior of the Mosque with some of the 36 piers and 514 columns
SiteCórdoba
LocationSpain
Date8-10th c., begun 784
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodIslamic Architecture
Saskia No.Ksa-0105
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 13, plate 12
 Gilbert, Living with Art, 6th ed., chapter 3, plate 4
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 11, plate 10
 Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 3, plate 28
 Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd ed., chapter 9, plate 7
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 8, plate 6
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 331