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Mezquita
Córdoba's astonishing Mezquita (Mosque;
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), founded in 785, is easily the
most beautiful mosque on European soil and rivals anything elsewhere in the Islam-
ic World. So important was this mosque to the premier city of Islamic Al-Andalus
that caliph after caliph left their mark - the most striking additions are the arches
and domes of the 10th-century royal prayer enclosure. Aside from the 16th-century
intrusion of a Christian cathedral in the heart of the Mezquita, this is Moorish archi-
tecture at its most graceful.
BETHUNE CARMICHAEL
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