Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785–786 C.E. Stone masonry. Pyxis of al-Mughira. Umayyad. c. 968 C.E. Ivory.
ONE OF THE LARGEST MOSQUES OF THE ISLAMIC WEST; ABD AL RAHMAN I FOUNDED THE SPANISH UMAYYAD DYNASTY; CAPITAL WAS CORDOBA; COLORFUL MASONRY AND INTRICATE SURFACE PATTERNS
