Mosque Name: Zarazoga Mosque
Country: Spain
City: Zarazoga
Year of construction (AH):
Year of construction (AD):
GPS: 41.654499 -0.875786
Gibson Classification: Parallel
Rebuilt facing Mecca: never
Description:
There is now a church built over the Zarazoga mosque. However, the orientation of the church faces north-east and the orientation of the mosque was south east, at 144 degrees, one of the popular Parallel Qibla directions.
The church from above
The church
References:
Hernández Vera, José Antonio, 2004. “La mezquita aljama de Zaragoza a la luz de la información arqueológica”, ʾIlu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones 10: 65-91. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ILUR/article/view/ILUR0404130065B
Calvo Capilla, Suzana, 2014. Las mezquitas de al-Andalus, Almería: Fundación Ibn Tufayl de Estudios Árabes, 698-702.
Almagro Gorbea, Antonio, 1993. “El alminar de la mezquita aljama de Zaragoza”, Madrider Mitteilungen 34: 325-347.
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