Arches and symmetry in the Mezquita - Cordoba, Spain

            I once met a bloke who was researching the significance of symmetry in Islamic art and architecture.

It was one of those encounters that lead you to see something for the first time.  

Like the Alhambra in Granada, the Mezquita in Cordoba is full of intricate patterns and dazzling symmetry.

The Mezquita is one of the most mesmerising buildings I have ever visited.

It was a mosque, first constructed in the 10th century, probably on the site of a Visigothic place of worship.   

At that time, Cordoba, the capital of the emirate of Al-Andalus, was one of the biggest and most cosmopolitan cities in Europe.

It was then extended by various Islamic rulers before having a Catholic cathedral built in the middle of it when Christians conquered the emirate.    

Today it is officially a cathedral, though its architecture, inside and out, shows clearly that it was conceived and built as a mosque.  

It is regarded as one of the most outstanding Islamic buildings in the world.

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Taken in: Spain / Andalusia / Cordova / Roman catholic diocese of Córdoba (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2018

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