Completed in 987, the Mezquita was the second largest mosque in the entire ... a governmental building in Cordoba. Today, you can admire the impressive Baroque exterior façade or visit the ...

The Mezquita, or Great Mosque of Córdoba, was for centuries a symbol of diversity and tolerance in the southern Spanish city and has long been one of Europe's most admired historical monuments.

Majesty of two faithsThe artistic styles of Islam and Christianity are visible almost everywhere in the mosque-cathedral of Córdoba—from the Renaissance cathedral in the center to the lush ...

CÓRDOBA, Spain The great mosque of Córdoba was begun by the Muslim caliphs in the eighth century, its forest of pillars and red-and-white striped arches meant to convey a powerful sense of ...

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 ...

the Great Mosque, or for others the great Cathedral of Cordoba, which carries on to this day. Once a small Christian temple, then a major medieval Islamic haven of worship, it was converted into a ...

“We demand legal restitution and the public deed of the mosque-cathedral of Cordoba, as well as the return to the public domain of all heritage property that was illegally registered by the ...

This is how Allama Muhammad Iqbal described the mosque of Cordoba in his famous poem Masjid-e-Qartaba; written in 1933, about five years before the poet's death. A note under the title of the poem ...

the Great Mosque, or for others the great Cathedral of Cordoba. Once a small Christian temple, then a major medieval Islamic haven of worship, it was converted into a Christian cathedral in the ...