Question

Necesito la historia de la catedral y mezquita, Córdoba en inglés traducida en español plis

Answer 1

It began to build a mosque in 785, with the appropriation and reuse of materials Hispanic-Roman basilica of San Vicente Martyr, who was in place, by the Muslim conquerors. The resulting building was the subject of expansion during the emirate of Cordoba and the Caliphate of Córdoba. With 23,400 square meters, it was the world's second largest surface, behind the Mosque of Mecca, being only reached later by the Blue Mosque (Istanbul, 1588) mosque. One of its main characteristics is that its qibla wall was not oriented toward Mecca, but 51º degrees farther south, which is common in the mosques of al-Andalus.
In 1238, after the Christian reconquest of the city, he took out his consecration as a cathedral of the diocese with episcopal ordination of its first bishop, Lope de Fitero.The building houses the cathedral chapter of the diocese of Cordoba, any collective worship or not Catholic organized prayer is forbidden. In 1523, under the direction of architects Hernán Ruiz the Elder and his son, cruciform basilica Renaissance Plateresque was built.