how moors enlightened europe

[Cristiano viejo]

The Cordoba mosque is pretty amazing. There are some other mosques from Moorish times in Spain too. Although no others are as amazing as Cordoba's. http://historylists.org/architecture...-in-spain.html

Also some of the mosques the Moors built got knocked down or converted into Catholic churches after the Reconquista.

There is not such thing as the Córdoba mosque. It is a cathedral since the year 1238.
And before than a mosque, it was a Catholic basilica. The San Vicente Mártir basilica.

[Hamilcar]

There is not such thing as the Córdoba mosque. It is a cathedral since the year 1238.
And before than a mosque, it was a Catholic basilica. The San Vicente Mártir basilica.

the previous church looked nothing like the current monument. Its beauty is due to the moors. It was so impressive back then that it's interior decoration influenced the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

[Cristiano viejo]

the previous church looked nothing like the current monument. Its beauty is due to the moors. It was so impressive back then that it's interior decoration influenced the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

First, it is not beauty.
Second, due the Moors?? really?? current monument does not look Moorish at all and it was built by Christians. Only a few parts remain Moorish-looking

















Sorry, it does not look exactly very Moorish only this part, unfortunately the most famous of all the Cathedral, looks Moorish, even if the archs are Visigothic

[Hamilcar]

First, it is not beauty.
Second, due the Moors?? really?? current monument does not look Moorish at all and it was built by Christians. Only a few parts remain Moorish-looking



Sorry, it does not look exactly very Moorish only this part, unfortunately the most famous of all the Cathedral, looks Moorish, even if the archs are Visigothic

you need some history lesson then :




that's how the original church looked like :



and you forget that the catholic kings built a cathedral in the center of the mosque that's from where these pictures are from and no the archs were no visigothic.


this look very moorish to me :

[Ascended]

Beautiful Damascus Syria Umayyad architecture with Persian and Arab artisans...

[Cristiano viejo]

^ that is like the 1% of the total of the cathedral, just irrelevant and non usable doors and lol, the Catholic kings. No, it was in 1236, when Córdoba was reconquered, when Fernando III of Castilla started to build a cathedral and during the next centuries the diverse Spanish kings continued rebuilding it. It is current form looks whatever less Muslim, as it is obvious







And yes, it is Visigothic archs. Moors just copied it and even predates the Roman empire in the Iberian peninsula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_arch
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arco_de_herradura
https://www.hisour.com/es/horseshoe-...rrom%C3%A1nica.

Lessons, he says

[Hamilcar]

Beautiful Damascus Syria Umayyad architecture with Persian and Arab artisans...

haha that's not how its architecture is classified and this architecture is mostly found in the maghreb not the middle east (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque...f_C%C3%B3rdoba) ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_architecture)

that's like saying the mosque of damascus is a beautiful example of byzantine architecture made by arab artisans ...

[Hamilcar]

^ that is like the 1% of the total of the cathedral, just irrelevant and non usable doors and lol, the Catholic kings. No, it was in 1236, when Córdoba was reconquered, when Fernando III of Castilla started to build a cathedral and during the next centuries the diverse Spanish kings continued rebuilding it. It is current form looks whatever less Muslim, as it is obvious




And yes, it is Visigothic archs. Moors just copied it and even predates the Roman empire in the Iberian peninsula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_arch
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arco_de_herradura
https://www.hisour.com/es/horseshoe-...rrom%C3%A1nica.

Lessons, he says

watch the video 90% of the monument was built by the moors. Only the cathedral was built by the christian king and tower was originally a minaret they simply modified it and put their statues and cross everywhere lol

also thanks for contradicting yourself this is what your links say : "The horseshoe arch (Spanish: arco de herradura /ˈarko de eraˈduɾa/), also called the Moorish arch and the keyhole arch, is the emblematic arch of Moorish architecture. Horseshoe arches can take rounded, pointed or lobed form."

[Cristiano viejo]

watch the video 90% of the monument was built by the moors. Only the cathedral was built by the christian king and tower was originally a minaret they simply modified it and put their statues and cross everywhere lol

90% rather like the 1%. The monument has been rebuilding numerous times since Córdoba was reconquered.
What you dont understand is that that of "only the cathedral" that you say it means 99% of the building, and this is easy to check with the exterior pictures I posted.

also thanks for contradicting yourself this is what your links say : "The horseshoe arch (Spanish: arco de herradura /ˈarko de eraˈduɾa/), also called the Moorish arch and the keyhole arch, is the emblematic arch of Moorish architecture. Horseshoe arches can take rounded, pointed or lobed form."

Because Moors copied it so much that even the name adopted their appelative (Moorish).

Quite indecent from your part to avoid the informative part of the link:

Prior to the Muslim invasion of Spain, the Visigoths used them sporadically, although it is a matter of debate whether the arches in the extant churches are pre-Moorish or rebuilt after the Islamic conquest of Iberia.[3] Some tombstones from that period have been found in the north of Spain with horseshoe arches in them, with speculation about a pre-Roman local Celtic tradition. Also, the arch of the Church of Santa Eulalia de Boveda – part of a previous Roman temple—in Lugo, points in that direction.

[Gredos]

if they were so illuminated, the legacy of constructions and wonders for 800 years should be impressive, but even the "great" Alhambra looks rather mediocre and caotic. Private buildings for the rich and his family, It seems that each new owner incorporated something



compare with the cathedral of Burgos