Mezquita Cathedral #

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Courtyard of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin (Mezquita) Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spanien in Cordoba.

The cathedral was originally a church (constructed about A.D. 600) that was considerably expanded and converted to a mosque during the Muslim conquest (it became the second-largest mosque in the world).

Following the recapture of the city in 1236, the building was reconsecrated as a Christian church and additional architectural alterations were added in subsequent centuries.