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Minaret. Mihrab. The Great Mosque or Mezquita famous interior in Cordoba, Spain Royalty Free Stock Photo

Minaret. Mihrab. The Great Mosque or Mezquita famous interior in Cordoba, Spain

The Picture of the interior Great Mosque currently Catholic cathedral. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cordoba, Spain. Interior of The Cathedral and former Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain. Mezquita Mezquita - the cathedral and the former mosque in Cordoba - this is an incredible, grandiose structure! the largest mosque in the world the world`s largest temple one of the 12 wonders of Spain the most visited monument of Spain The area of Ã¢â¬â¹Ã¢â¬â¹the complex is 25 thousand square meters 856 columns made of marble, granite, jasper and onyx. in the Roman era in place of Mesquite was a Roman temple. In the era of the Visigoths it was replaced by the Basilica of St. Vikenty. In 785, when Emir Abd al-Rahman I bought a basilica from the Christian population of Cordoba for a lot of money, then he demolished the temple and in its place began construction of the mosque - Mesquita. Because of the growing population of the Cordoba mosque several times expanded, completing new parts.