Mosque · Al-Mariyya

Mezquita mayor de Al-Mariyya

Today: Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista, Almería

Place
Al-Mariyya (Almería)
Kind
Mosque
Built
c. 965 to 1200
What remains
Standing

The great mosque of Almería, built around 965 according to Torres Balbás, and the city's first cathedral after the conquest. The present church is 17th century, but inside it keeps the qibla wall and the mihrab, with Almohad stucco decoration of the 12th century.

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