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.