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Cordoba's not originally a mosque

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Submitted by gus3 (United States), Mar 19, 2007 at 20:48

The site of the mosque now, was the site of a church before. The Cathedral of San Vicente was razed, but the foundation kept, in order to build the mosque. This explains why the mihrab (where the imam stands to deliver the Friday sermon) is on a more southern side of the building, rather than on the wall facing Mecca. If it had been built originally as a mosque, wouldn't the architects have gotten it right?

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