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Una copia menor, però lluminosa / A copy of former glory, but lighter at least

El home fort del califat, ja no el califa mateix, sino el demagog Almansor, aquell que saquejà Barcelona el 984. Per mol que pretengués donar una pàtina d'esplendor al edifici, ja no és sino una copia mediocre, grossa però sense valor en si mateixa.

 

La gran mesquita, ara catedral, de Còrdova, és un edifici grandiós, complex i impressionant; és Patrimoni de la Humanitat de la UNESCO. La primera mesquita fou construida el 785, i la darrera ampliació el 987. Convertida en catedral cristiana el 1236, el 1523 es feu una malaurada i gens original construcció catedralicia al centre. Fins i tot l'emperador Carles I renegà del que es feu en nom seu.

 

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquita_de_C%C3%B2rdova

 

smarthistory.khanacademy.org/the-great-mosque-of-cordoba-...

 

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The last expansion of the mosque of Cordoba, built by the fanatic and demagogue Almanzor, who only did a huge but simpler copy of the former designs.

 

The former mosque, now catholic cathedral of Cordoba, is a huge and charming building, World Heritage of the UNESCO. It's first phase dates from AD 785, and it was completed in 987. Transformed to a christian cathedral in 1236, they put a baroque church structure in the middle of the forest of columns in the XVI Century, destroying part of it's charm.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque%E2%80%93Cathedral_of_C%C3%B3...

 

smarthistory.khanacademy.org/the-great-mosque-of-cordoba-...

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