The tensions that grow from these subverted expectations create an intellectual dialogue between building and viewer that will characterize the evolving design of the Great Mosque of Cordoba for over ...

The Byzantines’ Hagia Sophia in what is now Istanbul was converted into a mosque, just as the Cordoba mosque was forcibly converted into a church by Ferdinand in 1236. A regional Indian High ...

Babnimnim Design Studio’s new project in Bahrain combines classical Islamic elements with contemporary architecture. Bahrain: ...

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At its height, the mosque could accommodate up to 20,000 worshippers. Today, it is one of Spain's most visited monuments, attracting over 1 million tourists per year. The Mezquita is open from 10 ...

Four UK-based activists and civil society leaders, believed to have been targeted with Pegasus spyware by one of three Middle ...

The Moors, along with the Romans, were the invading populations that exerted control, in one form or another, over Spain for ...

Located in modern-day Turkey, the 13th-century Divrigi Hospital was built alongside a mosque, and the two are a UNESCO World Heritage site. Before the message of the Prophet Muhammad spread beyond ...

New forms of poetry and prose appeared, and new styles of architecture, exemplified by the great mosque at Cordoba, reflected the successful melding of the Arab East and the Christian West. The ...

After soaking in the historic interiors of H10 Palacio Colomera, venture outside to find top city attractions – such as the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and the ...