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Mosque of Cordoba

The Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain is one of the few peculiar buildings of the world. It is eccentric not in its exterior architecture but is unique in that it was once a Mosque and now houses a cathedral. It was converted from a mosque into a Christian cathedral in the year 1236.
The Moorish character of the mosque was altered in the 16th century with the erection in the interior of a central high altar and cruciform choir, numerous chapels along the sides of the vast quadrangle, and a belfry 90 meters high in place of the old minaret.
This Mezquita was once the second largest mosque in the world. This amazing mosque in Cordoba took more than 2 centuries to build. Construction started in 784 A.D. The original structure was built by the Umayyad ruler 'Abd ar-Rahman I in 784–786 A.D. with extensions in the 9th and 10th centuries that subsequently caused the mosque to double its initial size. The mosque was also once the site of Visigoth cathedral of St.......

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