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The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz is a Catholic chapel and former mosque in Toledo, Spain. It is one of the ten that existed in the city during the Moorish period. The edifice was then known as Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum , deriving its name from the city gate Bab al-Mardum .
Mosque of Bab Mardum (Cristo de la Luz), AH 390 (1000), Toledo: Date: Taken on 8 August 2016, 12:14: Source: Mosque of Bab Mardum (Cristo de la Luz), AH 390 (1000), Toledo: Author: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Remains of mihrab of former main mosque at the Cathedral of Ronda [4]: 212 Seville. Giralda: former minaret of the Almohad Great Mosque of Seville (now the Seville Cathedral) Torre del Oro: Almohad defensive tower in Seville; Alcazar of Seville: mostly rebuilt under Christian rule but in Moorish style, with the help of craftsmen from Granada [27]
The Mosque of las Tornerías (Spanish: Mezquita de las Tornerías; Arabic: al-Mustimim) is a former mosque in Toledo, in the Castile-La Mancha of Spain.The former Moorish-style mosque was built in the middle of the 11th century [1] on the foundations of Roman architecture, located in the old Muslim neighborhood Arrabal de Francos.
The tower corresponds to the minaret of the mosque, with a Baroque brick addition at the body of the bells. [4] It is dedicated to St. Savior. The church suffered a fire in the 15th century, which forced an important restoration. Álvarez de Toledo was commissioned to the restoration and he added new chapels highlighting the chapel of Santa ...
Like the Qarawiyyin Mosque, there are doubts about the story of its foundation. The oldest parts of the present building date from the 10th century. [44] It was mostly reconstructed by the Almohads between 1203 and 1207. [48] Al-Naqah Mosque: Tripoli Libya: 973 Oldest Islamic monument in Tripoli, [49] though its history is not well-known. [50]
The building plans of the former mosque have not been preserved nor is the appearance of the structure known, but taking into account the preserved vestiges of mosques in other Spanish cities (in Seville, Jaén, Granada, Málaga, and the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba), it may be supposed that it was a columnary building, with horseshoe arcades ...