Wednesday, April 16, 2008

A church unmosqued

[April 16, Ronda]

IMGP3274 The Christian reconquistas, after a good siege and sack of a Moorish stronghold, loved nothing more than to press home their point by building a cathedral on the ruins of a mosque. Santa Maria la Mayor shows something of its former occupant in its ground plan and tower (former minaret),



IMGP3275 and one Moorish arch, preserved for emphasis.

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