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Mosque of Córdoba in Spain |
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| This mosque in Córdoba, Spain, was begun in ad 786, while the city was the capital of Moorish Spain. Although the mosque became a Christian cathedral after the Roman Catholics of Spain captured Córdoba in 1236, the building retains its Islamic heritage. The mosque features columns that support horseshoe-shaped arches decorated with stripes of alternating colors. Layered in two tiers, these distinctly Moorish arches convey a light and airy feeling to the interior of the building. | ||||||
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| Córdoba, Caliphate of; Islam; Mosque; Córdoba (Spain); Architecture (building) | ||||||
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