Cordoba Mosque
You will collect your tickets to the Mezquita at the ticket office in the
Patio de los Naranjos (next to the number 3 on the plan below).
Then you will enter the Mezquita at the opposite side of the Patio.
The aerial plan at the bottom of this page highlights the main areas of the mosque.
These are as follows:
1. Alminar
This is the current belltower that stands above the original minaret of the
mosque.
2. Patio de Los Naranjos
This is the classic Islamic ablutions court where worshippers would wash
before entering the Great Mosque. Christian changes made in the 16th
century mean that the original openess of the mosque is no longe whereby all the
19 naves of the Mezquita were open to the court making them seem like an
extension of the orange trees.
3. Aljibe
This is the water source for the Moorish baths.
4. Christian Cathedral
The original design of the mosque directed worshippers to the Mihrab but the
locating of the Christian cathedral in the very centre during the 16th century
makes it the "new" focus of attention.
5. Sala de la Oración
Here you'll find more than 800 columns built on a former Visigothic church.
6. La Sala del Mihrab
This is the beautiful prayer room built with marbol walls and covered in
mosaics. In Islamic worship it had two purposes: it indicated the direction of
Mecca (and hence prayer) and it amplified the words of the Imam (prayer leader).
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