Mezquita, España

Date built: since 784-; 961; 987 Location: Córdoba, Andalucia, southern Spain This religious site has gone from Secular to Christian to Islamic and back to Christian: Site of Roman temple, later a Christian Visigoth church in the 7thC Once the second-largest mosque in the world Completed at the time of the Umayyad dynasty Converted to Roman Catholic cathedral after the Reconquista Architecturally famous for its double arches and patterned stonework of jasper, onix, granite and marble Mezquita is Spanish for mosque Palace of Justice Córdoba, Spain image from Mecanoo architecten 041207 Church Buildings Mosque Buildings Cordoba Palace of Justice architects : Mecanoo architecten