Photo Album: Mosque - Cathedral of Cordoba Spain/Dome above Mihrab

Cupola above mihrab in Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain.

This elaborate octagonal dome rises above the mihrab and the maqsura, which is flanked by columns with enterlaced multi-lobed arches and surrounded by Byzantine-style mosaics with Arabic inscriptions. Built by al-hakam II, this is one of the rare jewels of the Umayyad dynasty.

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