Image: Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba (6933169868)
Description: The Cathedral and former Great Mosque of Córdoba, in ecclesiastical terms the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (English: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption), and known by the inhabitants of Córdoba as the Mezquita-Catedral (Mosque–Cathedral), is today a World Heritage Site and the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba. It is located in the Andalusian city of Córdoba, Spain. The site was originally a pagan temple, then a Visigothic Christian church, before the Umayyad Moors at first converted the building into a mosque and then built a new mosque on the site. After the Spanish Reconquista, it once again became a Roman Catholic church, with a plateresque cathedral later inserted into the centre of the large Moorish building. The Mezquita is regarded as the one of the most accomplished monuments of Islamic architecture. Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba. (2012, April 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:09, April 15, 2012, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cathedral%E2%80%93Mosq...
Title: Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba (6933169868)
Credit: Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba
Author: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium
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