The Córdoba mosque

[mount_oregano]

A photo of me outside the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, formerly the Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain. This doorway dates back to 987 A.D.

The extensive, beautiful arcades inside include a few columns from the Roman temple originally located on the site. It later held a Visigoth church before becoming a mosque, and finally, on orders of Emperor Carlos V, a cathedral. The Renaissance cathedral was sort of dropped into the middle of the mosque and looks seriously out of place.

The building is in the news:
http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/2010/08/professor-newts-distorted-history.html

— Sue Burke

Comments

Drat those Vandals!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

The pesky things went and moved to central Illinois, you know, where they boast about themselves on signs at the city limits. I can't lay my cursor on one immediately, but here they are, bold as brass, including Lady Vandals. For shame!

Re: Drat those Vandals!

[mount-oregano.livejournal.com]

They look so innocent. But don't trust them around any crumbling empires.