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The Great Mosque of Córdoba was originally a Jame'a or an Islamic Large Mosque. However, following the reconquest of Córdoba in the 1200s, the Mosque was converted into a Catholic Cathedral, which it remains to this day.

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during the 9th and 10th century

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it was built by Emir 'Abd al-Rahman

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