Spain's Architectural Wonder: The Great Mosque of Cordoba
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- The Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain is one of the world's most beautiful pieces of Islamic architecture. Discover all the secrets of this magnificent construction and understand the Architecture of Islam.
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Medieval Spain: 00:00
History of Islam: 1:10
Elements of Islamic Architecture: 2:04
Spread of Islam: 4:28
Mosque of Cordoba: 5:10
Enlargements of the building: 6:14
Structure of the Mosque: 8:32
Court of Oranges: 9:36
Geometric ornament: 11:42
Arches: 13:35
Mihrab and domes: 15:11
Orientation: 16:08
Cathedral: 16:34
What building would you like to see next?
Can we see the horses of that region? And the history of equine buildings?
Hagia Sofia.
Al aqsa mosque
#Free palestine
Palladian villas, El Escorial, maybe a video (or a series) comparing the features of the gothic cathedrals in different countries.
La Plaza de toros y jamones IBERICOS 🇪🇸
It was 35+ years ago I visited this magnificent site. This video so very well evoked my experience, but also taught me a lot more about the architectural significance of this site. Thank you very much.
An excellent audio guide for the Mosque-Cathedral! Thanks for the great video!
This channel is just on another level! the story telling is second to none, and I even waatched the Spanish versions and I don't speak a word of Spanish! Excellent work Sir
I currently using these videos as part of an architecture class and it's amazing!!! Its really hard to find nice, clean, and to-the-point videos packed with information, but you've hit the spot again!! I cant wait to see whats next!!!
Very nice videography. Great music. Nice flow to the narration. Fantastic job Manuel! I am going to visit this mosque. ❤🇨🇦
I love what Manuel Bravo shares and teaches about. He belongs to that same sort of wisemen from the times of old that helped build the modern world such as we know it. Thank you for being there.
Thanks for your comment!
You did a superb job of researching and detailing the wonderful architecture of this mosque-cathedral. I lived in Saudi Arabia for 3 years as a teacher of English, and from that time developed an interest in the influence of Islam on other cultures, especially Spain. I appreciate your scholarly approach to your topic and look forward to learning much more. Subscribed!
Thank you for this video!
I've been to Cordoba and visited this mosque. This video brings some very nice memories to me.
I hope I'll go there again.
Even though some the English videos don’t get as many views. Please keep doing them. They are so great!
Very beautiful mosque .Thank you.
yes beautiful! now a Cathedral.
Cathedral*
It was a cathedral long before it was a mosque
No it's mosque built by muslims
Genius channel and videos. I'm watching all of them, both Spanish and English are very interesting and highly professional. 👏 Bravo, Manuel. Muy bien hecho!
We are planning on visiting Andalusia in winter and your videos are giving a new perspective of all the sites we plan to visit. Thanks for the great work.
You'll be visiting Spain!
@@tamsolutions6377 andalusia
@@tamsolutions6377It's Al Andalus❤️
Your wonderful videos help me travel in my mind to places I've never seen in this life, but feel so familiar thanks to the clarity of your content.
Your videos and narrative are exceptional, the videography and rich historical references are truly a joy to watch. Thank you!
You have an incredible gift, Manuel! I enjoy your videos immensely!
Wonderful video. Very insightful. Thank you!
incredible channel. So well researched and Manuel has a sublime knowledge of the subject of Islamic architecture and the context of it's history...
This is indeed a great video Manuel and you teach us a lot. Just to let you know, out of respect and reverence, Muslims do not depict the picture of our beloved Prophet peace be upon him. Thank you.
The guy had sex with a 9 year old, he deserves a mugshot.
@@theon9575 The probability is that Mr Bravo, like most Spaniards is a Christian. Catholic Christianity has no problem with pictures, this building has been a Catholic Christian Cathedral for centuries.
Muslims did in the past
@@neblocker17 Well done and congratulations. Thank you for your Comment, but I don't think I had any good ideas. 😀
I am an old man, and I only reported what I have seen people of ALL faiths actually doing. I was not so fortunate in the Church i was born into - the Roman Catholic Church is guilty of much hypocrisy, oppression (eg of women) and of evil ( such as hiding serious sexual crimes against children, and massive corruption of Church funds )
I could NEVER in good conscience follow any faith that says that God requires people to die or be killed in his/her nameI
Therefore, I practise the philosophical principles of Humanism, and it's quite simple:
"Love, care for, and do no violence to fellow human beings.
Do no harm. Do not kill." Crusades, wars, jihads or any killing in God's name is an abomination.
Humanists don't disagree on this. Just do it, is my motto. It's never easy, but try, anyway.
@@theon9575 I ment Muslims drew prophet Muhammad pbuh in the past.
The recovered Church of the Visigoths, with important arabic and berber additions, and made a Church again
Buenísimo como siempre Manuel!
Your videos are the reason I'm visiting Andalusia right in this moment. I'll see the mosque-cathedral in 3 days ;)
Excellent video. Short and to the point. No wasted seconds
gracias por presentar mi ciudad como la joya que es, me he emocionado con tus imágenes
Un abrazo 😘
Did any muslims remaining their?
@@vhcjcv5760yes
wonderfully informative. I have been there many years ago and now I know so much more about this amazing place. Thank you.
Well researched, well explained and well presented, as usual.
Glad they turned it into a cathedral so we can flex on the cube worshippers
As an art historian and musician, I watched an extremely enjoyable and detailed video. I heard beautiful English and listened to an amazing presentation with no historical errors....thanks and regards💯✌🥀🌱
Exceptional as all your videos are Manuel. Thank you
We visited this cathedral/mosque. And attended mass there. I wish we had seen your video first. It is a first class video which I very much enjoyed.
This was brilliant and insightful. Thank you!
Bro, excellent videos, keep it up!!!
Thank you for the thoughtful and beautiful video. I always look forward to learning something new and to better appreciate beautiful architecture when I click to watch them.
This is amazing! Why did I learn about this channel just now?
great and very informative video. Love it.
We’ve just visited the Great Mosque today, and I must say that it is one of the most amazing buildings I’ve ever seen.
I greatly appreciate this video, as it’s concise and extremely informative. Many thanks Manuel!
I found this post just before I went to Cordaba. Thank you, really helped me appreciate this magnificent building.
If you get the chance to see this building, go.
Don't be put off is there are queues outside once you are in its big enough that you are not actually aware how many are inside.
Great video! Thank you for the wonderful content you provide
Cordoba mosque was built when the Umayyads moved to Cordoba and built it on the basis of the Umayyad mosque in Damascus and built cordoba as a similar arab city
Zenata imazighen
Akbar imjahden
Tarik ibn Zaid
Maghrawaden
Emiraat Nekor
Al murabiteen
Al mohwahideen
Meriniden
Wattasiden
Jaish d'Ahl Al-Rif
Abdelkarim khattabi
Omar mohtar
Mohamed amezian
Abd al-Kader
Barbary pirates
Ibn battuta
The Christian Romans of Ceuta asked the Imazighe for help against the barbarian Visigoths who had occupied Spain and Portugal and made Rome fall The Romans of Ceuta helped the Muslims to cross to Spain, and Andalus was already born there

Now the visgoten are back
Yes they also help with preparing the ship, and information about the area.
Brilliant, as always.
wow this is great, thanks a lot for sharing!
You are a really great man thanks again for more education. In 2015 I visited the Grand Mosque of Dubai UAE. Thank God for religious freedom.
Thank you for this super informative documentary. I learned a bunch words such as "nave" and "voussoirs". I'm going to visit the most in June.
Manuel, Que hermoso hablas inglés. Te felicito por tu claridad y buena educación que obtuviste. Eres genial 👍 ❤
Thank you for this video, your videos are always very clear many right to the point.I do learn a lot by watching them. I could not go to cordoba when the last time I went to Spain, after watching your video, I think I need to see it my self😄.
you are awesome. Thanks for the very rich and informative video.
Thanks for your effort, I love your vids and I loved visiting the mosque.
Made me recall when I visited this amazing place, great video Manuel, saludos desde CDMX.
I went there this month (May 2024). It’s an amazing building.
SALUDOS MANUEL ♥️
EXELENTES VIDEOS, SIEMPRE APRENDEMOS CONTIGO 😃👍🇲🇽♥️
Thank you so much Manual
Going inshallah in thend of this month may
I love your videos pictures are the best can’t wait to see Granada and Cortoba
Excelente video 👏👏👌
Es impresionante cómo nos transmites la sabiduría que has ido acumulando. Felicidades
It is Islamic heritage.
Córdoba preciosa ciudad y su mezquita catedral digna de volver una y otra vez.
Always excellent and worthy to watch
Thank you for this Manuel.
i learned so much, thank you !
A Masterful presentation!
Such a nice and thoughtful presentation.
Excellent! Thanks!
Excellent documentation, beautiful pictures and, a handsome guy.
This was one of the best videos I have ever seen. Always loved the history of Spain, as it has gone through different cultures. Never got a chance to visit, but I am glad I could see the beauty of this Cathedral & Mosque through this video.
Visite este lugar en 2016. Maravilloso. Gracias Manuel. Sí es caliente ahi!
Brilliant video of a wonderful building
Well done , very informative
I like this video because I love to know about Muslim Spain. About its architecture, culture, academic institutes, sciencetists.
Great work 👍
Bravo Manuel.
Thank you, very nice video
La Mezquita really is something to see. If you ever get the chance to go, do it.
Visited the Mosque in 2010,most of the building is still the original mosque,1000 years ago it was the 2nd largest mosque after Makkah in Saudi Arabia,this mosque building is still one of the largest in the world.
yes huge! now a Cathedral.
@@beausu5823 it will return again to Mosque
@@obaida5801 it will Never BE. So dream On. 😂
@@beausu5823 The future cannot be predicted,and the present is a dream of the past.
@@obaida5801 that's it! Coming from you. The future can't be predicted. But you already assumed that it will return to Mosque. You are contradicting yourself. ahahha 😂😂😂
So dream On. It will NEVER BE A MOSQUE. Knowing the significant demographic of the area. ahahaha
Manuel bravo this video of mosque is beautiful
Muy bueno!!!
Beautiful video ❤❤❤
So Interesting!
Wow. Beautiful
Interesante video, antes de ser Mezquita fue la Basílica de San Vicente Mártir construida en el siglo VI. Actualmente Catedral de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de forma eclesiástica, patrimonio de la humanidad.
Traditional accounts suggest this, however it is disputed by scholars and academics. The only certainty is that an 8th Century mosque was demolished to build it. Maybe the 8th century mosque was that old church?
No
La iglesia visigoda era anterior a la mezquita
Y a lo largo de los tiempos y la historia se fueron superponiendo la una a la otra
La pequeña iglesia visigoda casi desapareció por la mezquita, pero la mezquita sobrevivió gracias a la iglesia catedral que se reconstruyó, respetando la mezquita
No, that's debatable, but if there was, it would only be a small part of where the mosque is now, because it was the largest for hundreds of years.
Interesting video.
Great job🌸
¡Gracias!
Gracias a ti, Miguel, ¡un saludo!
wonderful!
This is amazing...❤
Bravo Manuel! :D
Hoy día es la Catedral de Córdoba en Andalucía, España
I was there so many years ahí. Now it looks wonderful.
*years ago
Excelente
Manuel amazing content really! I watched two of your videos, they are very detailed and well-based. Thank you a lot for such beautiful videos. I just want to make an adjustment for the beginning, actually Muhammed rather than being a historical figure was the last prophet of Islam and he didn't find the religion but actually had the revelation from Allah. I mean it's what we believe. I just wanted to say that 💛Keep going on, it's amazing.
Amezing
Excellent 🤩
Podrias hacer uno de Alcazar de Sevilla?
Salam and salute
I enjoyed and learned from your videos. Wish to see some episodes about Persepolis or Isfahan.
Love from Tehran
Great historical presentation of Islamic architecture. It is national treasure and should be retained snd maintained without any religious biases.
Amazing video! I wish they were still remains of the church of Saint Vincent 😢
Excellent coverage with so much useful information about the great mosque of Cordoba covering all necessary aspects from history to design and archecture. Well done. I have visited this place three times. It is a masterpiece buit by the muslim umayyads of Cordoba and later stolen by the catholic extrimists in 1236 and converted it to catholic temple by force without buying it from the muslim people of cordoba before they got expeled. Unlike what happened to Aya Sofia in Istanbul when Fetih has bought it from the orthodox and converted it to mosque. Luckily today Spain is secular and wish one day it takes the building from the church and convert it to a muesum or allow us as muslims to pray in al mihrab area next to the christians who pray in their section located in the middle of the building
*lol.* *It looks like you are inventing your own history here.*
*Here's the fact.*
_The present-day site of the Cathedral-Mosque of Córdoba was _*_originally a Visigothic Christian church_*_ dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa, which was divided and shared by Christians and Muslims after the Umayyad conquest of Hispania._
_As the Muslim community grew and this existing space became too small for prayer, the basilica was expanded little by little through piecemeal additions to the building._ _This sharing arrangement of the site lasted until 785, when the Christian half was purchased by Abd al-Rahman I, who then proceeded to _*_demolish_*_ the church structure and build the grand mosque of Córdoba on its site._
*LOL* *YOU ARE SPREADING FAKE HISTORIES HERE.*
*There was No Record that Fetih bought the Hagia Sophia.*
_When Mehmed and his entourage entered the church, he ordered that it be _*_converted into a mosque immediately._* _One of the ʿulamāʾ (Islamic scholars) present climbed onto the church's ambo and recited the shahada ("There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger"), thus marking the beginning of the conversion of the church into a mosque._ *_Mehmed is reported to have taken a sword to a soldier who tried to pry up one of the paving slabs of the Proconnesian marble floor._*
*How pathetic.* *They even looted, desecrated and destroyed churches in Constantinople.*
_Throughout the siege of Constantinople, the trapped people of the city participated in the Divine Liturgy and the Prayer of the Hours at the Hagia Sophia, and the church was a safe-haven and a refuge for many of those who were unable to contribute to the city's defence, including women, children, elderly, the sick and the wounded._ *_As they were trapped in the church,_*_ the many congregants and other refugees inside became spoils-of-war to be divided amongst the triumphant invaders._ *_The building was desecrated and looted, and those who sought shelter within the church were enslaved._* *_While most of the elderly and the infirm, injured, and sick were killed, the remainder (mainly teenage males and young boys) were chained and sold into slavery._*
*How hypocrite and heartless are the Ottoman Muslims.* tsk tsk tsk
*So it was the Islamist Extremist people from Arabia that first conquered the Church and demolished it.*
*Do not be hypocrite.* *A lot of ancient Churches were converted into mosque during the Ottoman and Islamic conquest in Asia Minor and North Africa.* *Islamists are also destroyers of Heritage sites.*
*We're glad it came back to its original purpose.* *A Church.*
*And if it will become a Museum it would Stop to function as a Worship building.* *No any religion would use it for a particular function.* *It would just be a Museum that's all.* *But We would still prefer it to function as a Church.* *Turkey is also a secular country but they reverted the Hagia Sophia into a Mosuque.* *Don't be blind.*
@@beausu5823 I’m not sure why you found my comment too painful to you and made you wrote me your life story and words that promote violence and hates against two billion muslims in the world. Maybe because you still think of yourself live at the time of Spanish Inquisition or the crusades. It is all over dear
@@KonoozTravel Why? Does the Truth Hurts? It was YOU who first made a wrong statement.
You're spreading false information.
Nobody's spreading Violence here. Just refuting your claim. I am just returning the favor. As if your historical records were so clean as well.
Nope, nobody in Spain is thinking that we're living in the time of Spanish Inquisition or crusades. It's a Free Country a Secular one. But One thing is for sure we don't want to submit these heritage sites to anybody else.
And do you think Sharia will come back to Spain? No way!! hahaha Sharia is Oppressive and demonic.
And you got it all wrong about your misconceptions about the Inquisition.
How about the Islamic conquest and Islamic inquisitions?
Did you feel sorry for looting our lands, desecrating the churches, imposed heavy taxes, also killing for those who don't want to embrace Islam?
As if Muslims are not committing atrocities from the past and in present. Take Note. *In the Present.*
Why until these days there are Muslim countries imposed their Sharia law to the people and even force conversion in the modern age?
@@beausu5823 just to correct some information,
the Umayyads didn't invade Spain since it didn't exist as country back then they invaded the Germain visigothic kingdom. Ferdinand and Isabella didn't expel the Umayyads since the Umayyad kingdom in Iberia collapsed from within long before 1492. Ferdinand and Isabella just ended the last Islamic ruled dynasty in Iberia with peace treaty guaranteeing freedom of worship yet it was broken few years later starting the extreme inquisition age.
Muhammad has no picture so we don't know how he looked like This Picture comes from the ottoman era and certainly it is not imagined Muhammad if I'm right the picture present Mimar Sinan
Muhammad didn't conquer Arabia he just took over Mecca after its pagans were defeated in a long war lasted for 23 years
Jihad Mean Struggle in Arabic it do not have Divine meaning the way it is in Catholic Christianity of holy war
Struggle can be multifaceted from doing a school exam to fighting for your rights or for justice.
Caliphate mean successor, leader, governmental. it was created after Muhammad's death by his companions. they created a republic where the first four leaders of it were elected by the early Muslim community and those were the ones who conquered Arabia, The Sassanid Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.
the Umayyads made a coup later against the republic and took over the power and made from it a dynasty. Umayyads is name of a tribe.
The reason for some of the shadowy parts of the current building is not the engineering itself but the Christian priests who wanted to darkened the mosque as much by removing its original doors as much to darkened its rooms so the mid built church can be filled with light to overshadow the rest of the mosque
@@starcapture3040
I said, Umayyad's Conquest of *Hispania.* Was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula and its provinces. Then Visigoths arrived and it composed kingdoms, dukedoms and principalities who were Christians.
So I didn't claim that there was a unified Spain at that time. But yeah Reconquista is the historical term used to describe the military campaigns that Christian kingdoms waged from the 8th century until 1492, in order to retake the Iberian territories which were lost due to the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. From your own admission and history the Arab conquerors were also foreigners of the land.
The treaty of Granada was followed, blamed that to the Moriscos who were collaborating with the Barbary Pirates and they were basically traitors and threats. So the role of the Inquisition is to Inquire and to investigate against the enemies of the kingdom.
The current purpose of the site is a Church. it should function as a Church. If they needed more light in the mid Cathedral we can do so.
New subscriber here, but sign me up! Great documentary. I learned so much!
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Verry Fine.
Please a virtual tour in istanbul during ottoman empire!
wonderful
Wow