Editing Córdoba, Spain (section)

==== Great Mosque of Córdoba ====
{{Main|Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba}}
[[File:Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba - Andalucia - Spain - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Interior of the [[Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba]]]]

From 784- 786 AD, Abd al-Rahman I built the Great Mosque of Córdoba, one of the most famous monuments of [[Moorish architecture|Western Islamic (Moorish) architecture]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jayyusi |first1=Salma Khadra |title=The legacy of Muslim Spain |year=1994 |publisher=E.J. Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-9004099548 |pages=129–135 |edition=2nd }}</ref><ref name="George">{{cite book |last1=Michell |first1=George |title=Architecture of the Islamic world its history and social meaning; with a complete survey of key monuments |year=2011 |orig-year=1978 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |location=London |isbn=9780500278475 |page=212 }}</ref>{{Sfn|Bennison|2016|pp=281–284}} and for centuries the third largest mosque in the world.{{sfn|Scales|1997|p=175}} It integrated aspects of [[Islamic architecture]] with some indigenous elements of [[Ancient Roman architecture|Roman]] and [[Visigothic art and architecture|Visigothic architecture]].<ref name=":2"/> Later Umayyad rulers expanded the mosque, adding a minaret and extending the prayer hall. A major 10th-century expansion resulted in the elaborate [[mihrab]] and other ornate embellishments seen today.<ref name=":2"/> After the Christian conquest of the city the mosque was converted to a cathedral. It underwent significant modifications in the 16th century but much of the original structure remains.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Jonathan M. |title=The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture |last2=Blair |first2=Sheila S. |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195309911 |location=Oxford |chapter=Córdoba }}</ref> The building was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1984.<ref name=":1"/>