Umar ibn Hafsun
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Umar ibn Hafsun ibn Ja'far ibn Salim, known in Spanish history as Omar ben Hafsun, was a 9th-century political and military leader who contested Umayyad power in Iberia.
Ruins of the Bobastro Church.
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
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The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Officially called the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, it is dedic
Umar ibn Hafsun
…in Galicia. With Bobastro's fall, the mortal remains of Ibn Hafsun and his slain sons were exhumed by the emir and posthumously crucified outside the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba. Acién Almansa, Manuel Pedro- (1994) Málaga Musulmana (siglos VIII-XIII). Historia de Málaga. Ed. Diario Sur. Málaga…
Mezquita de Córdoba desde el aire
Excavated Late Roman or Visigothic mosaics visible under the floor of the Mosque-Cathedral today
The columns and two-tiered arches in the original section of the mosque building. The columns and capitals are spolia from earlier structures.
Bab al-Wuzara ("Viziers' Gate", today the Puerta de San Esteban), one of the oldest surviving gates of the mosque. Its decoration dates from 855.