Cordoba, Spain - 16 May 2015; no people in view. The Mosque-Cathedral of Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain, is a truly fascinating building with an eventful

---

Cordoba, Spain - 16 May 2015; no people in view. The Mosque-Cathedral of Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain, is a truly fascinating building with an eventful history. Originally a Visigoth Catholic Church, it was divided into Muslim and Christian halves when Muslims conquered Spain in 711, but shortly afterwards was completely converted into a mosque. Following the medieval Reconquista by the Christians, it was converted back into a Catholic Cathedral, with a magnificent renaissance nave planted incongruously in the centre of the mosque. Here we see a beautiful, hypnotic exterior window design to the original mosque building.

---

Size: 3596px × 5518px
Location:
Photo credit: © Jon Bower / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, abstract, ancient, andalusia, arch, architecture, art, building, carving, cathedral, catholicism, christianity, church, column, conformity, cordoba, craft, culture, decoration, design, destinations, famous, geometric, heritage, history, islam, material, mdejar, monument, moorish, mosque, ornate, pattern, people, place, product, religion, repetition, sharing, site, spain, spanish, stone, style, symmetry, temple, travel, unesco, window, world, worship