A focal point in the prayer hall is the mihrab, a prayer niche used in mosques to signify which wall faces Mecca ... might have radically changed the Great Mosque’s spiritual function, but ...

Tucked into a bend of its river, the Andalusian town of Cordoba has a glorious Moorish past. While its old wall evokes the ... their last prayers in the great mosque, and that afternoon the ...

CÓRDOBA, Spain The great mosque of Córdoba was begun by the Muslim caliphs in the eighth century, its forest of pillars and red-and-white striped arches meant to convey a powerful sense of ...