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Calles Torrijos and Cardenal Herrero S/N, Cordoba, Andalusia

Featured Review : Cordoba's greatest days of glory came after the Moorish invasion of 711 AD. It was around 780 that work began on the Mezquita, which - after many years of continual enlargements, became one of the largest Mosques in all ...See Full Review

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Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba Reviews

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Mezquita de Cordoba

  • 5 out of 5 stars by proxam2 from EH54 6LJ, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • July 11, 2025
Quote: Cordoba's greatest days of glory came after the Moorish invasion of 711 AD. It was around 780 that work began on the Mezquita, which - after many years of continual enlargements, became one of the largest Mosques in all Islam. The city eventually... Read the full Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba review

From journal Cordoba and Granada

Famous Mezquita

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Zhebiton from Moscow, Moskva, Russia
  • September 13, 2025
Quote: Cordoba - another outpost of the Arab conquest of Spain. Here is the famous Mezquita a former mosque, now a cathedral, built by Muslims is in the IX century. After returning to Cordoba in the heart of the Christian church the king decided to raze... Read the full Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba review

From journal Andalusia

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Cathedral or Mosque?

  • 5 out of 5 stars by catsholiday from ashbourne, United Kingdom
  • August 28, 2025
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 Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba 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, 2025
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 Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba 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, 2025
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 Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba review

From journal Moorish Spain: Seville, Cordoba and Granada

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Cordoba Cathedral

  • 5 out of 5 stars by LenR from Townsville, Queensland, Australia
  • January 12, 2026
Quote: This would possibly be one of the most interesting religious buildings I have ever seen. The scale, the architecture and the history all combine to make a visit here very memorable. Today the structure is a Christian cathedral but for 400 years it... Read the full Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba review

From journal Fascinating Cordoba

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The Great Mosque in Cordoba

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Drever from Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • April 18, 2025
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 Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba 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, 2025
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 Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba review

From journal Romans, Muslims, and Christians in Cordoba

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Cathedral

  • 5 out of 5 stars by baroudeur2004 from Liege, Belgium
  • October 5, 2025
Quote: Seeing Christian altars in an ancient Mosque will undoubtedly surprise you. I certainly did not expect to see such a cathedral in the middle of a mosque. The history of the cathedral is as follows: in 1236, when Fernand III conquered the city of... Read the full Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba 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, 2025
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 Cathedral-Mosque of Cordoba review

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