Trip to Spain and Portugal-(4) Cordoba -Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba

Mosque-Cathedral de Cordoba is an Islamic Mosque converted into a Christian cathedral in the 13th century. The original structure was built by the Umayyad ruler Abd ar-Rahman I in 784-786 with extensions in the 9th and 10th centuries which doubled its size and make it one of the largest scared buildings in the Islamic world. Everything used for its construction is exquisite.  Here you  see both Mosque and Cathedral under one roof and learning about its different stages of construction: starting from the old Basilica of San Vicente built during the Spanish Visigoth empire through the primitive mosque built by abd al-Rahman I to rival the great mosques of the East, successive extensions through to the time of Almanzor, ruler of Muslim Iberia under the Umayyard Caliphate of Cordoba, Reconquista of Cordoba by the Christian armies of Fernando III, when the mosque was converted into a cathedral.

We went in there 8:30am and got out 9:30am when it starts service without paying any fees which was the first time for this trip.