MOROCCO-SPAIN-PORTUGAL - SPAIN - CORDOBA - MEZQUITA - CATEDRAL DE CORDOBA - PART 02

Assalamualaikum.

Baik, sekarang kita ke masuk ke bahagian katedral dalam kompleks Masjid-Katedral Cordoba ini.

Di sini ada banyak penanda Burial Vault seperti ini di lantai.

Entering the Christian section: the Chapel and interior of the Cathedral of Córdoba, or Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. 

🔵This is the Altar del Santísimo Cristo / Altar of the Holy Christ / The Crucified of the Point Altar. 

🔵It was donated to the Cathedral by Antonio de Pazos y Figueroa during his episcopate, from 1583 to 1586.

Dipamerkan tempat confessional, yang terbuka.

🔵Antonio then showed us the Chapel of St. Teresa, which is also the Mezquita-Catedral de Cordoba's Treasury. 

🔵This is where the church keeps many priceless valuables.

Pemandangan di dalam Chapel of St. Teresa.

🔵This is Salazar Tomb designed by Hurtado Izquierdo. 

🔵The remains of Don Pedro de Salazar, the 1686–1706 Bishop of Cordoba, are also interred in this chapel. 

🔵He had a key role in the construction of a hospital and a convent (nun training facility) in Cordoba during his lifetime.

An octagonal space covered by a dome whose tambour is perforated by windows.

🔵This is Monstrance of Arfe, the most valuable treasure housed in the Chapel of St. Teresa. 

🔵It is a part of the Eucharist, a Christian ritual.

🔵This is the painting "The conquest of Cordoba by Fernando III the Saint" by the painter Antonio Palomino. 

🔵This painting together with the paintings "The Martyrdom of Saint Acisclus and Saint Victoria" and "The appearance of Saint Raphael to Father Roelas" show three fundamental scenes from the city's devotional history.

Patung St. Teresa

The painting "The Martyrdom of Saint Acisclus and Saint Victoria" Antonio Palomino.

"The appearance of Saint Raphael to Father Roelas".

Right: Painting depicting the Immaculate Conception by Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra.

Saints statues.

We were also shown to a nearby room that housed a large number of the church's silver objects. The ceiling and walls of this area are likewise beautifully decorated.

 

Exhibited are an Ivory Christ by Alonso Cano and a gold cross with precious stones donated to the Cathedral by Bishop Diego Mardones in 1620.

Bahagian pameran.

🔵Masjid Besar Cordoba dibina di lokasi Basilika St. Vincent, sebuah gereja era Visigoth. Artifak dari Basilika St. Vincent dan masjid Mezquita-Cordoba yang sebenar dipamerkan di bahagian seperti muzium di Masjid Al Mansur ini.

Tiang-tiang di masjid ini diperbuat daripada jasper, onyx, marmar dan granit.

Design tingkap yang cantik.

🔵Papan-papan kayu yang diukir sebagai hiasan masjid yang dijumpai dan dipulihara turut dipamerkan di sini.

🔵Ini adalah brands stoneworks para tukang-tukang bina bangunan Mezquita-Catedral Islam dan Kristian pada masa dahulu. 

🔵Ini sering dilakukan sebagai menandakan "trademark" mereka terutama pada binaan yang monumental seperti Masjid-Katedral ini. 

🔵Brand stoneworks ini didapati ada pada columns, capitals and cymatium di penambahan masjid yang dilakukan oleh Al-Hakam II dan AlManzor.

Brief information on the brand stoneworks.

Plasterwork for restoration.

Machinery of the cathedral tower clock - Manuel Garcia Pinto 1747.

Banyak chapels dibuat di tepi bangunan masjid yang menutup jalan-jalan masuk ke masjid yang pada zaman dahulu adalah merupakan ruang terbuka.

Jelas kelihatan senibina Islam bercampur dengan senibina Kristian.

Penanda Burial Vaults pada lantai.

Salah satu chapel yang ada di sini.

Next kami dibawa masuk oleh Antonio ke Main Cathedral (Capilla Mayor).

🔵Hernán Ruiz el Viejo, pembina utama katedral, telah diupah oleh Bishop Alonso Manrique untuk mencipta katedral untuk pusat masjid. 

🔵Pada tahun 1523, kerja bermula. 

🔵Membina katedral dalam bentuk salib Latin sambil mengelak merobohkan bahagian masjid dengan sia-sia merupakan tugas yang mencabar bagi arkitek itu. 

🔵Selaras dengan teknik pembinaan zaman itu, susun atur Gothic digunakan. 

🔵Sebelas bahagian daripada sebelas nave terpaksa dirobohkan untuk melaksanakan konsep ini.

🔵Bahagian yang dirobohkan itu adalah kawasan di antara masjid Abd al-Rahman I, Abd al-Rahman II dan Almanzor dengan kawasan masjid Almanzor yang paling teruk rosak.

🔵Cathedral ini masih aktif digunakan bagi aktiviti keagamaan Kristian Roman Katholik sehingga ke hari ini.

José Antonio Infantes Florido was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.

🔵The marble altarpiece is by Alonso Matias, the statues are made of gilded wood and are the work of Pedro Paz. 

🔵It has some magnificent paintings by Antonio Palomino, representing the holy martyrs of Cordoba, Saint Flor, Saint Victoria, Saint Pelayo and Saint Acisclo.

Cathedral organ.

🔵Crowned by a massive monstrance, the cathedral's main altarpiece is composed of marble. 

🔵There are two stained glass windows on the sides. 

🔵The five paintings, which fill the attics and lateral sections, depict five Cordovan martyrs, including two from the Roman era, Saint Victoria and Saint Acisclo, who are Córdoba's patron saints. And San Pelagio and Santa Flora, two from the Muslim era. 

🔵The Assumption of the Virgin is shown on the canvas that tops the set.

🔵This is the Choir Stalls, a masterpiece by Pedro Duque Cornejo, made in the mid-eighteenth century.

🔵The Choir Stalls are made up of sixty high and forty-six low stalls, plus the Episcopal Throne. 

🔵It represents the last great example of Spanish and Andalusian Baroque carving and the last great choir stalls.

🔵The Episcopal Throne.

🔵The highest statue on the Episcopal Throne is the statue of Archangel Raphael.

🔵The organ.

🔵On both sides of the Choir Stalls there are two identical organs. 

🔵The 17th-century organs, which were restored by Patricio Furriel at the start of the 19th century, are located next to the great arch. 

🔵The one on the right features an allegorical sculpture on top of a background depicting Santa Cecilia, a nineteenth-century piece by Diego Monroy y Aguilar.

Another burial vault.

🔵On both sides of the altar there are two pulpits, the work of the Frenchman Miguel Verdiguier from 1765.

Confessional Chair.

🔵A painting of St Ignatius and St Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuit order.

Lawatan kami ke Mezquita-Catedral di Cordoba berakhir selepas kami melawat Main Cathedral.

Saya gembira akhirnya dapat mengunjungi masjid ini. Tetapi sedih melihat sebahagian daripadanya telah musnah dan kini menjadi sebuah katedral.

🔵Dalam beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini, kontroversi telah timbul mengenai penggunaan, pemilikan, pengurusan, dan perwakilan Masjid-Katedral, menjejaskan simbolisme dan fungsi praktikalnya sebagai tapak pluraliti dan keterbukaan sosial.  

🔵UNESCO telah bertindak untuk kekal jauh daripada kontroversi ini, tetapi pengiktirafan-pengiktirafan representasi sejarah dan reka bentuk bangunan oleh UNESCO sendiri telah digunakan oleh pihak-pihak yang bersaing dalam hujah-hujah mereka.  

🔵Pertikaian yang mengelilingi isu Masjid-Katedral ini telah menimbulkan satu siri persoalan mengenai warisan budaya dan milik siapa ia, serta mekanisme yang disediakan untuk mengadili soalan tersebut. 

🔵Walaupun bangunan itu telah menjadi katedral selama hampir lapan abad, kebanyakan penduduk tempatan masih menyebutnya sebagai "la Mezquita (masjid)." Dalam beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini, pihak gereja telah cuba mengubahnya. Pertikaian telah berlaku antara gereja dan aktivis rakyat mengenai kawalan dan makna bangunan itu.

Bergambar kenangan bersama Antonio, local guide kami.

Till the next coming entry, inshaAllah. Meanwhile do take care.

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