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.
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.
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!!!
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
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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!
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.
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!
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
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 
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💯✌🥀🌱
😂😂Il n'y a pas de culture musulmane en Espagne chrétienne espèce de spermatozoïdes égaré arrêt de dire des Mensonges Sur la culture des Espagnol qui est occidentale et Chrétienne
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.
Mosque cordoba is the living symbol of the past glory of islam and dominance ofislamic civilization in Europe.when the church was built there then king charles say about this mosque that ,"we have built what other might have built elsewhere ;but we have destroyed something that was unique to the world"
Yeah ofcourse if you genocide and ethnically cleanse a population of a specific religion it's identity will be destroyed the real question is why are you celebrating that?@@theresecoco1887
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.
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.
While I was walking around the Mosque of Cordoba, I noticed that most of the tourists only cared about the shape and color of the columns and arches, and they stood for a long time in front of the mihrab, contemplating the beauty of the inscriptions and the splendor of the domes. Most of them denounced the presence of the church and statues in the middle of the mosque.
@@Alvar2001 What I noticed is 100% true... I knew that there was a church there, I am talking about what I noticed during my visit to the mosque, moreover... I am not radicalist, I visited several churches in Europe for pleasure and curiosity... Next autumn I will visit Rome and Vatican City...
@@hanineaalou437 Insisto que UD. y los otros turistas están bastante desorientados, no hay nada que "denunciar", ese templo no es ya una mezquita, es una catedral católica desde hace 800 años, por entonces no había turistas. Me parece muy bien que visite templos religiosos en Europa, los hay muy artísticos, pero no olvide que no son atracciones turísticas.
@@Alvar2001 With the regression of faith and the collapse of religions, whether monotheistic or polytheistic, all temples will become attractive vestiges for tourists, as they already are today...
@@hanineaalou437 No diga estupideces, ya está bien. No sé para qué diablos viaja Ud. por ahí si no se entera de la Historia del lugar ni de su función.
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!
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.
@@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
Imagine if they haven't destroyed the mosques instead converted to a church like this one. I'm mesmerized by the architecture of this mosque particularly interior is amazing 😍😍.
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
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.
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@@sh_ibalol nope hagia sophia is a mosque and forever will be Also you can't get ride of the icons in cordoba mosque especially the ones that still to this day saying the is no God but Allah glory be to Allah so what they associate with Him, and all hadiths and quran verses your pagan roman religion would never extinguish the light of Allah
@@karimmodewna2457 sorry bud, your arabian pagan religion that worships a cube is dying out 😅people are leaving islam in droves and its followers are lukewarm, the image of Jesus Christ our Lord still looms over the hagia sophia, and he will forever be like that.
the umayyads state collapsed from within and he took advantage by that since the Muslims hired christian mercenaries and it was the same the other way around. there is no such thing as reconquest. Native ibrains simply became Muslims with time, back then spain didn't exist it was various kingdoms every each trying to expend on the other.
@@starcapture3040 >Simply became Muslim Actually learning about history tells me that you are absolutely wrong .Insanely wrong . >Spain didn't exist The Anti-Hispanic propaganda continues .Spain has existed since the IIIrd Anti Christi .
There is reconquest since the moors invade the Iberia. The Natives kick them out and unified, free themself from the outsiders. The Christians reclaim their lands that was stolen from the muslims. Funny that the moors conquered Iberia because the Native are weaken from within.
This is the Cathedral of Córdoba, which was built in the 6th Century as the Basilica of Saint Vincent the Martyr. It was desecrated by the Moslems after they invaded Spain, and ordered its destruction- in order to turn it into a Mosque. The current reference to the Mosque of Córdoba is a United Nations politically correct intrusion to negate its true history.
Fake, they're no cathedral in cordoba it time muslim conquer cordoba , only small old church next to the be build mousq, it time they want more land to make it big they bought the charch land
I visited the mosquee of Cordoba and had the same feeling than you, that the church has disrupted the beauty of the construction. Thank you for the video and the detailed explanations.
Yeah you mean the Cathedral of Cordova? It's beautiful and Marvelous. Now, we're just glad that there is a Church now in the middle. It belonged to its original purpose. A Church.
Despite of its official ecclesiastical name of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption or Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Spanish, it is widely known as Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba or Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba due to its original status as an Islamic Mosque.
Shouldn't the question be, why is there a catholic church in this mosque ? Well like you state, it probably saved the mosque from destruction, at least that was good. It is such a pity that the conquerors usually destroy what was there before them. So much history has been dost due to wars ! Thanks for the video ! I will never make it there so am glad to be able and watch on UA-cam.
Dear Ingrid Durden Just because before the muslim invasion there was a Catholic Church called St.Vincent that was the main Catholic temple of the town. 50 years after the muslim invasion the Catholic were given a Kick in the ass and had to quit the site. Don't be surprised that after the reconquista the moores were also given a Kick in their ass. Should you like to verify or get further infos, please search St.Vincent Church in Córdoba before the islamic invasion.
@@AlfonsoSegundo791 thank you for the information ! Spain has such a wonderful history with so many beautiful monuments. Unfortunately indeed many get distroyed. Such a pity.
@@ingriddurden3929 St.Vincent was small roman pagan temple which was converted to arian Church, Spain back then was not catholic and its population was much smaller in the visigoth age.
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.
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😄.
I've been to the beautiful Great Mosque in Cordoba, and the Roman Catholic church that was built inside it feels like an architectural abomination, almost, which breaks the very special atmosphere of the repetition of architectural modules and the "feeling of infinite space". I'm glad to hear that Charles V agreed with me ;-)
@@realitytube6290 Yes inside there's the beautiful catholic cathedral💒 don't you know ? I visited that place some years ago and I loved that mix of these two cultures and when I saw that fabulous cathedral inside I was speechless it was such a beautiful place 👍
well, i guess it’s karma for what our ancestors did to babri masjid in india, and mecca as it used to be for pagans. maybe also for what happened to aisha in sahih al bukhari 5133. 🇮🇳🪷
@@SignoraMariposa What does that have to do with us? The mosque of Cordoba is part of western history. It's got nothing to do with the east such as India.
@@mkamel1909 i believe he use the medieval painting, not the current or modern one. Anyway, while its wrong to do that, he's not a muslim but tried his best to be respectful
"This cubed shaped object dates from pre-Islamic times but it's considered to be one of the holiest things in Islam" ... yep, sounds like Islam to me. Arbitrarily deciding random shit they see around them as the "holiest to Islam".
@@Quadruple-H-1 That's strange, since nowhere in the Bible does it state Abraham ever building a cube structure, for what reason, and why do many Muslims circle it? It seems like they idolize Abraham over God
It's lovely but the architecture ends there for España ,next best thing to do is preserve the architecture for future generations to be inspired. The Gothic arches are magnificent, I got to give that to Español . Let's explore Spanish marvels built in The Americas😊
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.
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!
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!!!
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
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.
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
جامع قرطبة العظيم @@beausu5823
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!
I know this is unintentional but we (Muslims) didn't portray our prophet nor any Islamic figure
Yeah, especially with that long moustache, prophet Muhammad would actually shaved his moustache.
Even though some the English videos don’t get as many views. Please keep doing them. They are so great!
Very nice videography. Great music. Nice flow to the narration. Fantastic job Manuel! I am going to visit this mosque. ❤🇨🇦
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❤️
@@tamsolutions6377No
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!
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
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Tarik ibn Zaid
Maghrawaden
Emiraat Nekor
Al murabiteen
Al mohwahideen
Meriniden
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Jaish d'Ahl Al-Rif
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Abd al-Kader
Barbary pirates
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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.
An excellent audio guide for the Mosque-Cathedral! Thanks for the great video!
gracias por presentar mi ciudad como la joya que es, me he emocionado con tus imágenes
Un abrazo 😘
Did any muslims remaining their?
@@vhcjcv5760yes
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.
incredible channel. So well researched and Manuel has a sublime knowledge of the subject of Islamic architecture and the context of it's history...
You have an incredible gift, Manuel! I enjoy your videos immensely!
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.
Your videos are the reason I'm visiting Andalusia right in this moment. I'll see the mosque-cathedral in 3 days ;)
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.
The recovered Church of the Visigoths, with important arabic and berber additions, and made a Church again
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💯✌🥀🌱
Your videos and narrative are exceptional, the videography and rich historical references are truly a joy to watch. Thank you!
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.
Qurtuba .famous musjid Qurtuba in spain is the witness of fine art and culture of Muslim State in Spain.❤🎉❤
😂😂Il n'y a pas de culture musulmane en Espagne chrétienne espèce de spermatozoïdes égaré arrêt de dire des Mensonges Sur la culture des Espagnol qui est occidentale et Chrétienne
Excellent video. Short and to the point. No wasted seconds
Excellent description of the struture of MOSQUE BUILDING.
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.
Mosque cordoba is the living symbol of the past glory of islam and dominance ofislamic civilization in Europe.when the church was built there then king charles say about this mosque that ,"we have built what other might have built elsewhere ;but we have destroyed something that was unique to the world"
Its not a mosque
It was built on a Christian church. Technically the Muslim destroyed before they built.
Yeah ofcourse if you genocide and ethnically cleanse a population of a specific religion it's identity will be destroyed the real question is why are you celebrating that?@@theresecoco1887
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
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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.
I'm glad they put a Church in the middle. Since there was a Church there before there was a Mosque.
Caliph bought the land from the Christians. Triple the market rate
In islam destroying churches is prohibited
@@jojoahmed6994 Yet they have done it a million times
@@theresecoco1887 rightnow destroying mosques is masive and no body care about churches
Chick it out
Well researched, well explained and well presented, as usual.
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.
Wonderful video. Very insightful. Thank you!
Manuel, Que hermoso hablas inglés. Te felicito por tu claridad y buena educación que obtuviste. Eres genial 👍 ❤
I like this video because I love to know about Muslim Spain. About its architecture, culture, academic institutes, sciencetists.
Great work 👍
While I was walking around the Mosque of Cordoba, I noticed that most of the tourists only cared about the shape and color of the columns and arches, and they stood for a long time in front of the mihrab, contemplating the beauty of the inscriptions and the splendor of the domes. Most of them denounced the presence of the church and statues in the middle of the mosque.
Fue una mezquita, pero ya no lo es. Lleva 800 años siendo una catedral católica. Alguien parece bastante desorientado.
@@Alvar2001 What I noticed is 100% true...
I knew that there was a church there, I am talking about what I noticed during my visit to the mosque, moreover... I am not radicalist, I visited several churches in Europe for pleasure and curiosity... Next autumn I will visit Rome and Vatican City...
@@hanineaalou437 Insisto que UD. y los otros turistas están bastante desorientados, no hay nada que "denunciar", ese templo no es ya una mezquita, es una catedral católica desde hace 800 años, por entonces no había turistas. Me parece muy bien que visite templos religiosos en Europa, los hay muy artísticos, pero no olvide que no son atracciones turísticas.
@@Alvar2001 With the regression of faith and the collapse of religions, whether monotheistic or polytheistic, all temples will become attractive vestiges for tourists, as they already are today...
@@hanineaalou437 No diga estupideces, ya está bien. No sé para qué diablos viaja Ud. por ahí si no se entera de la Historia del lugar ni de su función.
Thanks for your effort, I love your vids and I loved visiting the mosque.
wonderfully informative. I have been there many years ago and now I know so much more about this amazing place. Thank you.
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.
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!
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
La Mezquita really is something to see. If you ever get the chance to go, do it.
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super video - thanks and looking forward to getting there
Imagine if they haven't destroyed the mosques instead converted to a church like this one. I'm mesmerized by the architecture of this mosque particularly interior is amazing 😍😍.
Bro, excellent videos, keep it up!!!
Buenísimo como siempre Manuel!
Made me recall when I visited this amazing place, great video Manuel, saludos desde CDMX.
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.
Excellent documentation, beautiful pictures and, a handsome guy.
Such a nice and thoughtful presentation.
I went there this month (May 2024). It’s an amazing building.
Exceptional as all your videos are Manuel. Thank you
Brilliant, as always.
Visite este lugar en 2016. Maravilloso. Gracias Manuel. Sí es caliente ahi!
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 was brilliant and insightful. Thank you!
A Masterful presentation!
Salam and salute
I enjoyed and learned from your videos. Wish to see some episodes about Persepolis or Isfahan.
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It's a Cathedral, and forever will be 💗
And the Hague Sofia is a mosque ❤❤❤
Hagia Sophia will always be a church, you cant get rid of the icons@@yahyamohamad2583
@@sh_ibalol nope hagia sophia is a mosque and forever will be
Also you can't get ride of the icons in cordoba mosque especially the ones that still to this day saying the is no God but Allah glory be to Allah so what they associate with Him, and all hadiths and quran verses your pagan roman religion would never extinguish the light of Allah
@@karimmodewna2457 sorry bud, your arabian pagan religion that worships a cube is dying out 😅people are leaving islam in droves and its followers are lukewarm, the image of Jesus Christ our Lord still looms over the hagia sophia, and he will forever be like that.
It was always mosque of Cordoba and it will be forever stop stealing others history christians idol worshippers
Because Sanctvs Ferdinadvs IIIvm was a hero who reconquered much of Hispania from the Moors and he was awesome .
the umayyads state collapsed from within and he took advantage by that since the Muslims hired christian mercenaries and it was the same the other way around. there is no such thing as reconquest. Native ibrains simply became Muslims with time, back then spain didn't exist it was various kingdoms every each trying to expend on the other.
@@starcapture3040
>Simply became Muslim
Actually learning about history tells me that you are absolutely wrong .Insanely wrong .
>Spain didn't exist
The Anti-Hispanic propaganda continues .Spain has existed since the IIIrd Anti Christi .
There is reconquest since the moors invade the Iberia. The Natives kick them out and unified, free themself from the outsiders. The Christians reclaim their lands that was stolen from the muslims.
Funny that the moors conquered Iberia because the Native are weaken from within.
@@starcapture3040 “simply became Muslim”
@@Bn9776Like indonesia and many other South East Asian countries.
I was there so many years ahí. Now it looks wonderful.
*years ago
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.
This is amazing! Why did I learn about this channel just now?
This is the Cathedral of Córdoba, which was built in the 6th Century as the Basilica of Saint Vincent the Martyr. It was desecrated by the Moslems after they invaded Spain, and ordered its destruction- in order to turn it into a Mosque. The current reference to the Mosque of Córdoba is a United Nations politically correct intrusion to negate its true history.
Fake, they're no cathedral in cordoba it time muslim conquer cordoba , only small old church next to the be build mousq, it time they want more land to make it big they bought the charch land
@@moonshadowsongNo tienes ni idea y solo hablas por hablar.
Hoy día es la Catedral de Córdoba en Andalucía, España
Bravo Manuel.
I visited the mosquee of Cordoba and had the same feeling than you, that the church has disrupted the beauty of the construction. Thank you for the video and the detailed explanations.
Yeah you mean the Cathedral of Cordova? It's beautiful and Marvelous. Now, we're just glad that there is a Church now in the middle. It belonged to its original purpose. A Church.
Despite of its official ecclesiastical name of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption or Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Spanish, it is widely known as Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba or Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba due to its original status as an Islamic Mosque.
Brilliant video of a wonderful building
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
Shouldn't the question be, why is there a catholic church in this mosque ? Well like you state, it probably saved the mosque from destruction, at least that was good. It is such a pity that the conquerors usually destroy what was there before them. So much history has been dost due to wars ! Thanks for the video ! I will never make it there so am glad to be able and watch on UA-cam.
In the same way, many churches were converted into mosques in many other countries in the world. For example, Santa Sofia in Istanbul.
Dear Ingrid Durden
Just because before the muslim invasion there was a Catholic Church called St.Vincent that was the main Catholic temple of the town.
50 years after the muslim invasion the Catholic were given a Kick in the ass and had to quit the site.
Don't be surprised that after the reconquista the moores were also given a Kick in their ass.
Should you like to verify or get further infos, please search St.Vincent Church in Córdoba before the islamic invasion.
@@AlfonsoSegundo791 thank you for the information ! Spain has such a wonderful history with so many beautiful monuments. Unfortunately indeed many get distroyed. Such a pity.
@@ingriddurden3929 St.Vincent was small roman pagan temple which was converted to arian Church, Spain back then was not catholic and its population was much smaller in the visigoth age.
@@starcapture3040 it's such a shame even all the arian writings were destroyed.
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.
great and very informative video. Love it.
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😄.
Great historical presentation of Islamic architecture. It is national treasure and should be retained snd maintained without any religious biases.
Glad they turned it into a cathedral so we can flex on the cube worshippers
Always excellent and worthy to watch
you are awesome. Thanks for the very rich and informative video.
It's just marvelous 🤩
¡Gracias!
Gracias a ti, Miguel, ¡un saludo!
I've been to the beautiful Great Mosque in Cordoba, and the Roman Catholic church that was built inside it feels like an architectural abomination, almost, which breaks the very special atmosphere of the repetition of architectural modules and the "feeling of infinite space". I'm glad to hear that Charles V agreed with me ;-)
The Catholics of Spain were criminals.
Agreed!
It will come back to Muslim just watch you pegans
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That's not a cathedral it's a mosque belonging to Muslims of Al Andalusia today modern-day Spain 🇪🇸.
@@realitytube6290 Yes inside there's the beautiful catholic cathedral💒 don't you know ? I visited that place some years ago and I loved that mix of these two cultures and when I saw that fabulous cathedral inside I was speechless it was such a beautiful place 👍
Great video! Thank you for the wonderful content you provide
I am a Muslim and my heart beats for Majid of Cordoba every second.
Doesn't it bother you the he puts a painting of someone claiming it's prophet Muhammad?
well, i guess it’s karma for what our ancestors did to babri masjid in india, and mecca as it used to be for pagans. maybe also for what happened to aisha in sahih al bukhari 5133. 🇮🇳🪷
@@SignoraMariposa What does that have to do with us? The mosque of Cordoba is part of western history. It's got nothing to do with the east such as India.
@@ColonelFluffles indians pushed their narratives onto the whole world and blame everything on Islam
@@mkamel1909 i believe he use the medieval painting, not the current or modern one. Anyway, while its wrong to do that, he's not a muslim but tried his best to be respectful
3:41 you forget to add Chinese minarets which are one of the oldest and oldest of them dates back to 8th century
Amazing video! I wish they were still remains of the church of Saint Vincent 😢
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"This cubed shaped object dates from pre-Islamic times but it's considered to be one of the holiest things in Islam" ... yep, sounds like Islam to me. Arbitrarily deciding random shit they see around them as the "holiest to Islam".
Does it even have any ties to Islam at all? If not, then that's just considered idolatry.
@@s3v3n3They believe that Abraham built it.
@@Quadruple-H-1 That's strange, since nowhere in the Bible does it state Abraham ever building a cube structure, for what reason, and why do many Muslims circle it? It seems like they idolize Abraham over God
@@s3v3n3it’s the first mosque in human history built by Abraham in Muslim tradition not a cube
@@Quadruple-H-1And there is no word in the old or new Testament about Abraham being ever in that area of the world.
Wow. Beautiful
I would have enjoyed the mosque more if I had watched this vlog before visiting
Cathedral
Manuel bravo this video of mosque is beautiful
My hometown! 😍
Thank you for this Manuel.
wow this is great, thanks a lot for sharing!
It's lovely but the architecture ends there for España ,next best thing to do is preserve the architecture for future generations to be inspired. The Gothic arches are magnificent, I got to give that to Español . Let's explore Spanish marvels built in The Americas😊
wonderful film, it reminded me of my trip to mezqita!