Interior view, principal mihrab

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Mihrab

10th century

Mesquita (Great Mosque)

Cordoba Cathedral, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain

8th century-10th century, Founded circa 785

Photograph
Photographer: F. R. P. Sumner
Type: B-negative
Negative number: B36/7691
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art