Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain Dec 10, 2025

Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba is a chronicle of Spain"s layered history. It began as a church built by the Germanic Visigoths, before being transformed into a mosque in 784 CE by Abd al-Rahman I, founder of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba. Its vast hypostyle hall, a space supported by rows of columns, features the famous red-and-white arches shown here. Today, it contains more than 850 columns, many reused from Roman and earlier Visigothic structures.

© Elena Zolotova/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Dec 10, 2018Feeling crabby?
Dec 10, 2019Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
Dec 10, 2020What does the fox dream?
Dec 10, 2021Arctic fox in Norway
Dec 10, 2022Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
Dec 10, 2023Sand dunes in the Sahara, Algeria
Dec 10, 2024Lands End, Cornwall, England

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 14, 2020In the Navajo Nation for Code Talkers Day
Sep 25, 2024Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
Jul 26, 2024Summer Olympics begin in Paris
Oct 5, 2021A day to celebrate teachers
Oct 30, 2020Who s there? The largest owl in the world
Aug 2, 2021This reef is nowhere near the sea…
Sep 22, 2018Time for brass bands and beer
Nov 20, 2022World Children s Day
Jul 28, 2023San Blas Islands, Panama
Jul 2, 2024The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
Jul 13, 2023International Rock Day
Feb 20, 2021An enduring vision
Nov 19, 2025Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
Jul 20, 2021Fly me to the moon
Jul 19, 2024A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil
Nov 28, 2025Celebrating Native American Heritage Day
Oct 29, 2024Great horned owl
Jan 4, 2026Kings Mountain, Chugach Mountains, Alaska
Mar 29, 2024South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
Jul 6, 2018Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
Apr 24, 2019Cool water in the Quinault
Nov 6, 2020Life in the slow lane
May 6, 2024The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
Aug 25, 2024National Park Service Founders Day
Jul 2, 2020All Rhodes lead to the beach
May 24, 2021A bridge comes full circle
Sep 2, 2020A rock in a wild place
May 10, 2018Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 18, 2018An inland ocean
Mar 16, 2021Why does this panda cub look so happy?