[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Mezquita Cathedral [{Image src='350sp.jpg' width='800' alt='Mezquita Cathedral ' class='image_left' height='550'}] [{SET customtitle='Mezquita Cathedral '}] Courtyard of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin (Mezquita) [{GoogleMap location='Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spanien' zoom='15'}] in Cordoba. The cathedral was originally a church (constructed about A.D. 600) that was considerably expanded and converted to a mosque during the Muslim conquest (it became the second-largest mosque in the world). Following the recapture of the city in 1236, the building was reconsecrated as a Christian church and additional architectural alterations were added in subsequent centuries.