Cordoba, Spain
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Cordoba

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Puerta del Perdon.  Mudejar style entry gate

Self irrigating central courtyard, Mezquita

Entry to Villaviciosa, first Christian Chapel in the Mosque, built 1371

Arches and Pillars...

Variations on the structure ...

and the natural light illuminating the building.

Arches and pillars, more than 800 of them, ...

encompass the entire building.

  Prayer room or Mihrab

Mihrab, close up

Museum items showing the ages of Muslim ...

Catholic ...

and Roman influences on the building.

Workers continually update the Catholic family enclaves

Cathedral, begun 1523, in the middle of the Mezquita

Cathedral choir, 1758...

Cathedral facade, under construction.

Cathedral choir ceiling

Cathedral choir stalls

Family enclaves bordering the sides of the Mesquita

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