The Great Mosque at Córdoba has a hypostyle prayer hall with horseshoe-shaped arches adapted from which people?
A) Carolingians
B) Romans
C) North Africans
D) Visigoths

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The horseshoe-shaped arches in the Great Mosque at Córdoba were adapted from the Visigoths, who used this architectural feature in their own structures before the Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.

The Great Mosque at Córdoba Has a Hypostyle Prayer Hall