Friday, February 26, 2010

Spain - Historic Centre of Cordoba (2)


One of the postcards sent by Raquel from Cordoba. It shows the Mezquita of Córdoba or the Great of Cordoba, a Roman Catholic Cathedral originally built as a Mosque on the place (and partly with materials) of what previously had been a Christian Visigothic Church in the Andalusian city of Córdoba, Spain. It is regarded as perhaps the most accomplished monument of the Umayyad dynasty of Córdoba. After the Spanish Reconquista, it was turned into a church, with a Gothic cathedral inserted into the center of the large Moorish building. Today the entire building is used to house the Cathedral of the diocese of Córdoba in Spain.

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