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Architecture Vandalism - After remaining largely untouched by the Reconquest in 1236 King Charles V was finally persuaded by the clergy to permit the construction of a Christian church in the centre of the Mosque in 1523 (When he later saw the result he is reputed to have complained "You have built what you or anyone else might have built anywhere; to do so you have destroyed something that was unique in the world.'
One of the great buildings of Europe - The Mezquita Mosque Cathedral in ancient Cordoba, the former capital of Muslim Al Andalus.

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Architecture Vandalism - After remaining largely untouched by the Reconquest in 1236 King Charles V was finally persuaded by the clergy to permit the construction of a Christian church in the centre of the Mosque in 1523 (When he later saw the result he is reputed to have complained "You have built what you or anyone else might have built anywhere; to do so you have destroyed something that was unique in the world.'<br /> One of the great buildings of Europe - The Mezquita Mosque Cathedral in ancient Cordoba, the former capital of Muslim Al Andalus.