2010 Spain €2 Coin Issue "Mosque of Cordoba"

• Mint: Royal Spanish Mint
• Denomination: €2
• Quality: UNC/Proof
• Issue limit: 8 mill./10,000
• Alloy: Base Metal
• Diameter: 25.75 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Design: Alfonso Morales
• Box/Capsule: UNC in capsule, proof in blister pack
• Certificate: Proof in printed folder

Additional Information

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The entire Historic Center of Cordoba - including the great mosque - was listed on the UN World Heritage List in 1984.

Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral and new defensive structures, particularly the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and the Torre Fortaleza de la Calahorra, were erected.