Historic Centre of Cordoba
Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th
century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and
innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the
splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century,
under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a
cathedral and new defensive structures, particularly the AlcΓ‘zar de los
Reyes Cristianos and the Torre Fortaleza de la Calahorra, were erected.