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La Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba

The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba had been on my bucket list for a long time. I finally got to visit it in .

A large room with many columns. Between the columns are many red and white double arches in the Moorish style. In the distance you can see that alterations have been made to the building; in between some of the distant arches is a gray structure with Gothic elements.
A large room with many columns. Between the columns are many red and white double arches in the Moorish style. It’s impossible to tell how far they extend; from this angle, it seems like the arches extend indefinitely.
An ornate medieval chapel. At first you would asssume this is an entirely different building than the first two photos, but then you see the basic design of the double arches extends into here. This European chapel has been inserted rather directly into the enclosing Moorish building.
More double arches, but the space between them has been filled to create a wall within the larger structure.
The arches and wall of the mihrab are more ornate than in the hypostyle.
Detail of some of the mihrab arches.
Another view of the hypostyle; the rows and rows of arches and columns extends far into the distance.
A single red-and-white Moorish arch embedded in the wall above a door in the Capilla Real.
Two columns illuminated by a strange blue light from a stained-glass window out of the frame.
You can see the renaissance ceiling of the main cathedral juxtaposed with the Moorish double arches of the hypostyle just beyond it.
Archways and wals of the Capilla Real.
Archways and wals of the Capilla Real.
An especially ornate Moorish arch.
The choir chamber of the cathedral.
One of the many chapels embedded along the sides of the hypostyle.
The ceiling and arches of the Capilla Sagrario, while within the larger structure, are entirely medieval European in design.
A large stone tablet with Arabic writing carved in relief.
A Moorish doorway through which a European style room appears.
An ornate door surrounded by baroque details in gold.
A white, European-style dome above a room filled with Catholic religious items.
Through one of the doors in that room, the Moorish arches of the hypostyle are visible.
Arabic writing around an arch near the mihrab.
The mihrab, taken with a wide-angle lens to get the complex domed ceiling of the room.
A wall near the mihrab featuring a bunch of Arabic-language text.
A different angle reveals some harder-to-see details on some arches in the hypostyle.
Another view of the hypostyle where it’s hard to tell the full extent of the room.
Looking towards the wall with the mihrab from the main cathedral, you can see the different architectural elements of the building at each archway. Visible are some Christian/medieval elements on the nearest archway; beyond it, the ornate Moorish archways of the mihrab.
The main cathedral is pure renaissance.
The intersection of the main renaissance cathedral with the Moorish arches of the hypostyle. One cathedral arch is as wide as three Moorish arches.
The ceiling of the choir room.
The main altar of the cathedral.
The dome directly above the main atlar.
A strange angle that reveals the intersection of the main renaissance cathedral with the Moorish arches of the hypostyle.
Looking towards the wall with the mihrab from the main cathedral, you can see the different architectural elements of the building at each archway. Visible are some Christian/medieval elements on the nearest archway; beyond it, the ornate Moorish archways of the mihrab.