The columns within this building form a pattern with the trees in its center, the Court of the Oranges, and it has a room-sized mihrab.
Changes to this structure were made under al-Hakam II, who added a three- bayed maqsura. The columns within this building form a pattern with the trees in its center, the Court of the Oranges, and it has a room-sized mihrab. Taking cues from similar structures in Damascus and Jerusalem, the voussoirs on its interior are alternatively red and white in color, and are supported by double arcades. Begun under the ruler of Abd al-Rahman and later modified by Ferdinand III, this structure was to be torn down in the 1500s, but local opposition led to the unusual compromise of putting a Gothic cathedral within its center. For 10 points, what is this high architectural achievement of the Spanish Ummayads, now a unique juxtaposition of religious buildings?
Changes to this structure were made under al-Hakam II, who added a three- bayed maqsura.
the Great {Mosque of Cordoba} [or La {Mezquita} Catedral; or the {Mosque-Cathedral} of Cordoba]