Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia,Spain

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The Mosque-cathedral of Córdoba ( Spanish :

Mezquita–catedral de Córdoba ), known as the

Mosque of Córdoba ( Spanish : Mezquita de

Córdoba ), [2] whose ecclesiastical name is the

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

( Spanish : Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la

Asunción ), [3] is the Catholic Christian cathedral

of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the

Assumption of the Virgin Mary and located in the

Spanish region of Andalusia. [4] It originally was a

Catholic Christian church built by the Visigoths,

[5][6] although it was later converted to an

Islamic mosque in the Middle Ages ; [5] after the

Reconquista, it was made a Catholic Christian

church once again. [5][6] The cathedral is

regarded as one of the most accomplished

monuments of Moorish architecture. Since the

early 2000s, Spanish Muslims have lobbied the

Roman Catholic Church

to allow them to pray in the cathedral. [7][8] This

Muslim campaign has been rejected on multiple

occasions, both by the church authorities in

Spain and by the Vatican . [7][9

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