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  • Musicians, painted by craftsmen from North Africa, 12th century, on the wooden ceiling of the nave of the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, with the 16th century nave and outer walls, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge lit up in the evening, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hebrew inscription naming the founder of the synagogue, the architect Isaac Moheb and the date of construction, on the East Wall of the prayer room of the Cordoba Synagogue, built 1315 in Mudejar style by architects including Isaac Moheb, in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hebrew inscription and intricately carved decorative plasterwork, on the North Wall of the prayer room of the Cordoba Synagogue, built 1315 in Mudejar style by architects including Isaac Moheb, in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Military Barracks or Dar al-Yund, with 3 long naves with arcades leading to a portico, separating the army headquarters from the residences, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Military Barracks or Dar al-Yund, with 3 long naves with arcades leading to a portico, separating the army headquarters from the residences, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nuestra Senora de la Paz y Esperanza, or Our Lady of Peace and Hope, sculpture, 1939, by Juan Martinez Cerillo, in the Iglesia conventual del Santo Angel de Cordoba, the Church of the convent of Capuchines, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Steps leading to the Biblioteca Viva de Al-Andalus or Living Library of al-Andalus (left), and Nuestra Senora de la Paz y Esperanza or Church of Our Lady of Peace and Hope (right), a capuchin convent, on Calle Cuesta del Bailio, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The yellow late Gothic portal of the library is by Hernan Ruiz II, 1514-69. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cristo de los Faroles, or Christ of the Lanterns, a sculpture entitled Christ of Atonement and Mercy of Christ on the cross, surrounded by 8 lanterns on iron frames, 1794, by Juan Navarro Leon, commissioned by Capuchin monk Diego Jose de Cadiz, on the Plaza de los Capuchinos, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Mohamed al-Gafequi, died 1165, a famous Andalusian eye doctor and Islamic literature scholar, erected to celebrate 800 years since his death in 1965, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from a portrait of Lubna, a 10th century Andalusian female maths scholar, scribe and translator, sitting in front of a lattice, by Jose Luis Munoz, b. 1969, in graphite, charcoal, tempera, acrylic, gold leaf and oil on wood, in the Centro Cultural y Museo Casa de Sefarad, a museum and cultural centre opened 2006 in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Centro Cultural y Museo Casa de Sefarad, a museum and cultural centre opened 2006 in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of Eros and Psyche embracing, Roman, 3rd - 4th century AD, discovered in 1959 in the Salon de los Mosaicos in a wealthy Roman house in the Plaza de la Corredera, in the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The alcazar was rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of a mask in the sea, Roman, 2nd - 3rd century AD, discovered in 1959 in the Salon de los Mosaicos in a wealthy Roman house in the Plaza de la Corredera, in the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The alcazar was rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Ildefonso, built under Al-Hakam II in the 10th century, one of the West facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle Torrijos in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This detail shows the frame around the arched doorway, with kufic inscription and intricately carved vegetal patterns. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Ildefonso, built under Al-Hakam II in the 10th century, one of the West facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle Torrijos in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This detail shows an overlapping arch design with red brick, mosaic work and intricately carved vegetal patterns. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Ildefonso, built under Al-Hakam II in the 10th century, one of the West facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle Torrijos in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This detail shows the intricately carved vegetal patterns and an overlapping arch design. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Ildefonso, built under Al-Hakam II in the 10th century, one of the West facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle Torrijos in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This detail shows the intricately carved vegetal patterns and a knotted lattice over a window. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Ildefonso, built under Al-Hakam II in the 10th century, one of the West facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle Torrijos in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This detail shows the intricately carved vegetal patterns, red brick and mosaic work of a fluted arch. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Ildefonso, built under Al-Hakam II in the 10th century, one of the West facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle Torrijos in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This detail shows the intricately carved vegetal patterns and red brick on an overlapping arch design. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic of the head of Medusa, a gorgon, surrounded by knotted and geometric patterns, Roman, 2nd century AD, discovered in 1959 in the Salon de los Mosaicos in a wealthy Roman house in the Plaza de la Corredera, in the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The alcazar was rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of His Majesty King Alfonso XIII, 1886-1941, oil painting by Carlos Angel Diaz Huertas, 1866-1937, from the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The alcazar was rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Octagonal Gothic ceiling of the Torre del Homenaje or Tribute Tower in the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Torre del Homenaje was renovated by Ferdinand and Isabella and here their knights swore allegiance to the Catholic faith. The alcazar was rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fish ponds in the gardens of the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statues of the meeting of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon with Christopher Columbus, in the gardens of the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos or Palace of the Catholic Kings, rebuilt during the Umayyad Caliphate in the 10th century and used as a royal fortress by the Moors and the Christians, as a base for the Spanish Inquisition, and as a prison, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The alcazar is a national monument of Spain, and the historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge at sunset, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges, at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The courtyard was developed under Abd al-Rahman I in 784 and measures 50x30m. It is divided into 3 parts, each with a Renaissance fountain, and contains 98 orange trees planted in the 18th century. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges and its arched colonnade built in the 16th century under Bishop Martin Fernandez de Angulo by architect Hernan Ruiz I, with the 16th century cathedral nave behind, at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The courtyard was developed under Abd al-Rahman I in 784 and measures 50x30m. It is divided into 3 parts, each with a Renaissance fountain, and contains 98 orange trees planted in the 18th century. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges, with yellow arched colonnade built in the 16th century under Bishop Martin Fernandez de Angulo by architect Hernan Ruiz I, at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The courtyard was developed under Abd al-Rahman I in 784 and measures 50x30m. It is divided into 3 parts, each with a Renaissance fountain, and contains 98 orange trees planted in the 18th century. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The 16th century cathedral and in the foreground, the Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges, with yellow arched colonnade built in the 16th century under Bishop Martin Fernandez de Angulo by architect Hernan Ruiz I, at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The 16th century cathedral and in the foreground, the Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges, with yellow arched colonnade built in the 16th century under Bishop Martin Fernandez de Angulo by architect Hernan Ruiz I, at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges, with yellow arched colonnade built in the 16th century under Bishop Martin Fernandez de Angulo by architect Hernan Ruiz I, at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The courtyard was developed under Abd al-Rahman I in 784 and measures 50x30m. It is divided into 3 parts, each with a Renaissance fountain, and contains 98 orange trees planted in the 18th century. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calle Cardenal Herrero, and on the right, the wall of the Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba and the roof around the Patio de los Naranjas or Orange Tree Courtyard, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges and its yellow arched colonnade built in the 16th century under Bishop Martin Fernandez de Angulo by architect Hernan Ruiz I, with the cathedral bell tower (built around the original minaret), at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The courtyard was developed under Abd al-Rahman I in 784 and measures 50x30m. It is divided into 3 parts, each with a Renaissance fountain, and contains 98 orange trees planted in the 18th century. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Patio de los Naranjos or Court of the Oranges and its arched colonnade built in the 16th century under Bishop Martin Fernandez de Angulo by architect Hernan Ruiz I, with the 16th century cathedral nave behind, at the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The courtyard was developed under Abd al-Rahman I in 784 and measures 50x30m. It is divided into 3 parts, each with a Renaissance fountain, and contains 98 orange trees planted in the 18th century. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the archangel Gabriel, 17th century, on the Roman bridge, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and behind, the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. Behind is one of the cathedral chapels. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arches of the hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted arches in the Villaviciosa Chapel, built under Alfonso X in the 13th century, adjoining the hypostyle prayer hall, area built under Prince Abd Al-Rahman II, begun 832, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches in stripes of red brick and white stone. The mihrab can be seen in the distance. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted intertwined arches in the Villaviciosa Chapel, built under Alfonso X in the 13th century, adjoining the hypostyle prayer hall, area built under Prince Abd Al-Rahman II, begun 832, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The mihrab can be seen in the distance. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hypostyle prayer hall, built under Prince Abd Al-Rahman I, 731-788, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of 856 reused Roman columns of jasper, onyx, marble, and granite, topped with double arches in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hypostyle prayer hall, area built under Prince Abd Al-Rahman II, begun 832, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches in stripes of red brick and white stone. The retroquire of the catholic cathedral is glimpsed through the columns. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the large fluted arch with decorative carving in the Villaviciosa Chapel, built under Alfonso X in the 13th century, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This chapel served as the sanctuary until the 16th century cathedral was built. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking through the maqsura, a richly decorated room with intricately carved interlacing fluted arches, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, towards the mihrab portal, a horseshoe arch with rectangular surround or alfiz, richly decorated with tesserae (glass mosaic with gold or coloured backing) with vegetal designs and kufic inscriptions, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of kufic script and vegetal motifs in tesserae (glass mosaic with gold or coloured backing), in the dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from the mihrab portal, a horseshoe arch and rectangular surround or alfiz richly decorated with tesserae (glass mosaic with gold or coloured backing) with vegetal designs and kufic inscriptions, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from the mihrab portal, a horseshoe arch and rectangular surround or alfiz richly decorated with tesserae (glass mosaic with gold or coloured backing) with vegetal designs and kufic inscriptions, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The mihrab portal, a horseshoe arch and rectangular surround or alfiz richly decorated with tesserae (glass mosaic with gold or coloured backing) with vegetal designs and kufic inscriptions, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, with 5 reliefs by Fray Juan Alvarez de Toledo, 1523-37 representing scenes of Christ's Passion, behind the altar of the cathedral, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The hypostyle prayer hall, area built in the 10th century under Al-Mansur, 987-988, with 5 reliefs by Fray Juan Alvarez de Toledo, 1523-37 representing scenes of Christ's Passion, behind the altar of the cathedral, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches, a horseshoe arch below a Roman arch, in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking through a sculpted arch designed with 22 figures in niches by Hernan Ruiz the Younger, 1514-69, under bishop Don Leopoldo de Austria, 1541-57, into the Villaviciosa Chapel, built under Alfonso X in the 13th century, and through to the mihrab beyond, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The chapel contains fluted intertwined arches with intricate carved decorative detail. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hypostyle prayer hall, area built under Prince Abd Al-Rahman II, begun 832, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The hall is filled with rows of columns topped with double arches in stripes of red brick and white stone. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dome above the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome in front of the mihrab, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Below the dome are intricately carved interlacing fluted arches. The ceiling is decorated with kufic script, floral motifs, and a sunburst radiating from a tiny central star, with light coming from 8 latticed side windows. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking through the horseshoe arch of the mihrab to the maqsura, a richly decorated ribbed vault with small dome, redecorated under Al-Hakam II in 961, with intricately carved interlacing fluted arches, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The mihrab portal, a horseshoe arch and rectangular surround or alfiz richly decorated with tesserae (glass mosaic with gold or coloured backing) with vegetal designs and kufic inscriptions, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking through a sculpted arch designed with 22 figures in niches by Hernan Ruiz the Younger, 1514-69, under bishop Don Leopoldo de Austria, 1541-57, into the Villaviciosa Chapel, built under Alfonso X in the 13th century, in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The chapel contains fluted intertwined arches with intricate carved decorative detail. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Capilla Mayor, or chancel, built 1523, with huge 18th century neoclassical altarpiece by Alonso Matias with 5 paintings by Antonio Palomino and sculptures by Pedro de Paz, in the in the 16th century cathedral within the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Either side are 2 mahogany pulpits by Verdiquier with a bull, lion and eagle in marble. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elaborately carved 16th and 17th century ceilings where the transept crosses before the Capilla Mayor, in the cathedral within the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir, with 18th century mahogany choir stalls by Duque Correjo and behind, the Capilla Mayor or chancel, built 1523, with huge 18th century neoclassical altarpiece by Alonso Matias with 5 paintings by Antonio Palomino and sculptures by Pedro de Paz, in the 16th century cathedral within the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Abu al-Walid ibn Ruchd, known as Averroes, 1126-98, holding a book, author of treatises on medicine, mathematics, astronomy, ethics and philosophy, on a marble pedestal by the Almodovar Gate in the city walls in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • City walls, built after the Roman occupation in 206 BC, at Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The city walls stretch for 2,650m, surrounding the city. There is a 3m high outer wall and a 1.2m high inner wall flanking a gap 6m wide filled with rubble. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile, 1221-84, holding a parchment, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Jose, one of the East facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle del Magistrado Gonzalez Frances in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This section includes horseshoe arch niches, with miniature columns and capitals, red brick, mosaic work and intricately carved vegetal patterns. The Moorish gate is named after St Joseph, whose chapel is on the other side of the door, and was restored in 1913 by Ricardo Velazquez Bosco. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Jose, one of the East facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle del Magistrado Gonzalez Frances in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This section includes horseshoe arch niches, with miniature columns and capitals, red brick, mosaic work and intricately carved vegetal patterns. The Moorish gate is named after St Joseph, whose chapel is on the other side of the door, and was restored in 1913 by Ricardo Velazquez Bosco. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Architectural detail of the Puerta de San Jose, one of the East facade entrances to the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the Calle del Magistrado Gonzalez Frances in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This section shows a horseshoe arch with red brick and intricately carved vegetal patterns. The Moorish gate is named after St Joseph, whose chapel is on the other side of the door, and was restored in 1913 by Ricardo Velazquez Bosco. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun in its place and developed over 200 years, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Molino de la Albolafia, a noria or Islamic water wheel on the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The water wheel was added to a Roman mill at the time of Abd-al-Rahman II in the 9th century, to raise the river water to the Caliphal Palace, later converted to the Episcopal Palace by the Catholic Kings. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Molino de la Albolafia, a noria or Islamic water wheel on the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The water wheel was added to a Roman mill at the time of Abd-al-Rahman II in the 9th century, to raise the river water to the Caliphal Palace, later converted to the Episcopal Palace by the Catholic Kings. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Molino de la Albolafia, a noria or Islamic water wheel on the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The water wheel was added to a Roman mill at the time of Abd-al-Rahman II in the 9th century, to raise the river water to the Caliphal Palace, later converted to the Episcopal Palace by the Catholic Kings. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge at sunset, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and behind, the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge in the evening, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and behind, the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Molino de San Antonio, a medieval water mill on the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Behind is the Roman bridge, built 1st century BC, and the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads, on the end of the Roman bridge, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and behind, the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Molino de San Antonio (left), a medieval water mill on the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Behind is the Roman bridge, built 1st century BC, and the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Molino de la Albolafia, a noria or Islamic water wheel on the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The water wheel was added to a Roman mill at the time of Abd-al-Rahman II in the 9th century, to raise the river water to the Caliphal Palace, later converted to the Episcopal Palace by the Catholic Kings. Behind is the Roman bridge, built in the 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Puerta de San Juan (St John's Gate), North East facade of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, now part of the Cathedral, on the calle Magistral Gonzalez Frances, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Courtyard and belltower of the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The belltower was converted from the minaret of the mosque after the Reconquista. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Molino de San Antonio, a medieval water mill on the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Behind is the Roman bridge, built 1st century BC, and the Torre de la Calahorra, a fortified city gate, built in the 12th century by the Almohads. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Roman bridge in the evening, built 1st century BC over the Guadalquivir river, and behind, the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The first church built here by the Visigoths in the 7th century was split in half by the Moors, becoming half church, half mosque. In 784, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was built in its place, but in 1236 it was converted into a catholic church, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built in the 16th century. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden star shaped panels, carved and painted by craftsmen from North Africa, 12th century, on the ceiling of the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angel with the lamb of God, painted by craftsmen from North Africa, 12th century, on the wooden ceiling of the nave of the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden star shaped panel, carved and painted by craftsmen from North Africa, 12th century, on the ceiling of the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The chapel was built for Roger II of Sicily in 1132 and consecrated in 1143, and is decorated with Byzantine mosaics. It has a sanctuary dedicated to St Peter and muqarnas in the nave ceiling, being a marriage of Norman, Byzantine and Islamic Fatimid architectural styles. The chapel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • East Wall of the prayer room of the Cordoba Synagogue, built 1315 in Mudejar style by architects including Isaac Moheb, with a Hebrew inscription naming the founder of the synagogue, the architect Isaac Moheb and the date of construction, Jewish quarter, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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