Mezquita-Catedral 2

The outside doesn’t reveal too much about what’s inside.

My first impression was that it is a massive space, much bigger (and taller) than I anticipated, having seen pictures and TV programmes filmed inside.

Double arched columns stretch away in every direction.

Although there seemed to be lots of tourists entering the building, we soon dispersed across the vast interior, and there were parts that seemed almost empty.

Around the edge of what was previously the prayer hall, were many small chapels with richly decorated altars dedicated to different saints.

In one spot, glass panels in the floor revealed a mosaic floor from the Visigothic building, about a metre below the current floor level. In a corner, several examples of Visigothic stone fragments were displayed.

And then my visit was suddenly interrupted…Read more