À propos de ce lieu
The Mezquita del Cristo de la Luz is one of the most remarkable small buildings in Spain and a jewel of early Islamic architecture. An inscription records that it was built in the year 999, when Toledo was a Moorish city, as a small neighbourhood mosque called the Bab al-Mardum. Astonishingly intact, it is a near-perfect cube whose interior is divided by columns and horseshoe arches into nine sections, each roofed by a different little vaulted dome, a miniature masterpiece. After the Christian conquest of Toledo in 1085 it was converted into a chapel, and a Mudéjar apse was added, so that the building neatly embodies the city's layered history. Its name comes from a legend that a light was found still burning behind a wall where a crucifix had been hidden during Muslim rule. A small garden offers lovely views, and the building remains a moving witness to a thousand years of faith.
À retenir
- 999 year — An inscription records the mosque's construction at the very end of the tenth century
- 9 domes — Nine different little vaulted cupolas roof the tiny interior
- 1085 year — Toledo fell to Christian forces, and the mosque later became a chapel
📍 Calle Cristo de la Luz, 45002, Toledo