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Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque

Calle Torrijos, Cordoba, Spain

Featured Review : At the start of this year 2010 we spent a week in Fuengirola and we had two main places we wanted to see, one was Seville and the other Cordoba. It has takien me a while but I finally got around to writing this.We arrive...See Full Review

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Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque Reviews

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Cathedral or Mosque?

  • 5 out of 5 stars by catsholiday from ashbourne, United Kingdom
  • August 28, 2010
Cathedral or Mosque?
Quote: At the start of this year 2010 we spent a week in Fuengirola and we had two main places we wanted to see, one was Seville and the other Cordoba. It has takien me a while but I finally got around to writing this.We arrived in Cordoba and parked... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Andalusian travels

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The Mosque that Ate a Cathedral

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Niiko from Andújar, Spain
  • March 3, 2010
Quote: Cordoba is rightly celebrated for its Mezquita (or Mosque), the most emblematic of the city’s attractions – and iconic it is, as many of Cordoba’s locations work the distinctive two-tone arches into their stylings. Much of the Old Town that... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journals Moor and More - Year One in Andalucía, The Cream of Cordoba

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See It, Even If It's Out of Your Way

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Roozie from Los Angeles, California
  • February 23, 2010
See It, Even If It's Out of Your Way
Quote: Even if you're not an Iberian Peninsula history buff, you can't miss this architectural wonder that influenced the style of southern Spain. This was originally built as a mosque but after the Muslims were pushed out of Spain by Isabella and... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Moorish Spain: Seville, Cordoba and Granada

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The Great Mosque in Cordoba

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Drever from Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • April 18, 2008
The Great Mosque in Cordoba
Quote: The Great Mosque in the historic heart of Cordoba is one of the most beautiful examples of Muslim art in Spain. Its 1000 columns create a forest of onyx, jasper, marble and granite, topped by horseshoe arches of candy-striped red and white marble.... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Five Days in Andalusia

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Mezquita (La Mezquite) - Mosque

  • 5 out of 5 stars by baroudeur2004 from Liege, Belgium
  • October 6, 2007
Mezquita (La Mezquite) - Mosque
Quote: The gold of your ceilings shines like the lightning crossing the clouds, said one Spanish poet when describing la Mezquita. Seen from the outside, the dazzling Mezquita, jewel of Spanish Art, looks more like a military fortress than a religious... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Romans, Muslims, and Christians in Cordoba

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Mezquita (La Mezquite) - Mosque

  • 5 out of 5 stars by marseilles from Metro Manila, Philippines
  • March 25, 2007
Mezquita (La Mezquite) - Mosque
Quote: We boarded the coach a little past 9am, and headed to our next stop, Cordoba. We thought we had had our fill of Churches, but walking into the Mezquita at Cordoba took our breath away, and we ended up walking around the Mezquita in awe and amazement... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Cordoba and Back to Madrid: Part 4, Final Part

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Mezquita (La Mezquite) - Mosque

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Kez from Broadbeach Waters, Australia
  • November 30, 2006
Mezquita (La Mezquite) - Mosque
Quote: The sight that everyone comes to see is the beautiful Mezquita. Row upon row of marble pillars polished at hand height to a shiny black gloss that has occurred over the eons from the endless hands running over them. The geometric white and rust red... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Captivating Cordoba

The Mezquita (The Mosque)

  • 5 out of 5 stars by JessicaMStephens from Ladera Ranch, California
  • October 26, 2006
Quote: To take a stroll through the historic quarter of Cordoba is to discover a beautiful network of small streets, alleys, squares and whitewashed courtyards arranged around the Mosque-Cathedral, which reflects the importance of the city during medieval... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Experience Cordoba, Spain

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Mezquita

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Owen Lipsett from New York, New York
  • January 24, 2006
Mezquita
Quote: The most beautiful and best-preserved Moorish public building, the Mezquita (whose name simply means "mosque" in Spanish), is almost synonymous with Cordoba's age of greatness in most visitors' minds. Originally built atop the ruins of a Visigothic... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Cordoba: Where History Takes a Siesta

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La Mezquite or Mezquita

  • 5 out of 5 stars by jaebirdypie from New York, New York
  • August 3, 2003
La Mezquite or Mezquita
Quote: The building of La Mezquite, Cordoba's grand mosque-turned-cathedral, was begun in the year of 785. Under the rule of Abd al Rahman I, Andalucia's first Moorish king, the original mosque was deemed complete by the year 787. It continued, however, to... Read the full Mezquita of Cordoba - Mosque review

From journal Cordoba's Endless Majesty