Burgos Cathedral
Item
- Title
- Burgos Cathedral
- Alternative Title
- Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
- Great Mosque of Córdoba
- Creator
- Simón de Colonia (Spanish architect and sculptor, ca. 1445-ca. 1511)
- Juan de Colonia (German architect, ca. 1410-1481, active in Spain)
- Juan de Vallejo (Spanish architect, sculptor, and stonemason, active 1512-1547, died 1569)
- City
- Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
- Address
- Calle Cardenal Herrero, 1, 14003 Córdoba, Spain
- GPS
- 37°52′45.1″N 04°46′47″W
- Country
- Spain
- Date Created
- 784-786 (mosque)
- 1523-1599 (reconstruction)
- Century
- 8th century (mosque)
- 16th century (reconstruction)
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Umayyad
- Moorish
- Cultural Context
- Moorish
- Materials
- limestone walls
- prayer hall: porphyry
- jasper
- and marble pillars supporting two-tier horseshoe arches
- mihrab: marble
- mosaic inscriptions
- Techniques
- Bricklaying,Arches,Columns
- Subject
- Catholicism
- churches (buildings)
- Gothic
- statues
- religious symbol
- domes (architectural elements)
- Umayyad
- Moorish
- Description
- detail view
- exterior view, detail view of statue
- Source
- Elizabeth Sasser
- Photographer
- Elizabeth Sasser
- Rights Holder
- © Elizabeth Sasser
- Texas Tech University Libraries
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
Simón de Colonia (Spanish architect and sculptor, ca. 1445-ca. 1511), Juan de Colonia (German architect, ca. 1410-1481, active in Spain), and Juan de Vallejo (Spanish architect, sculptor, and stonemason, active 1512-1547, died 1569), “Burgos Cathedral”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 10, 2026, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/28696