MADRID: A fire broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba on Friday but the monument was saved as firefighters quickly contained it, the Spanish city’s mayor said. A historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba in southern Spain reopened on Saturday, a day after a blaze that was quickly contained by firefighters, a spokesman for the site said. Considered a jewel of Islamic architecture, the site opened at 10:00 am (0800 GMT) and will close at 7:00 p.m. — its regular hours — with only the area where the fire broke out cordoned off to the public, he told AFP by telephone.

El alcalde de la ciudad asegura que no va a ser una catástrofe y que el monumento está a salvo. El fuego estuvo activo entre las nueve y las diez y media de este viernes

Heritage site was built as a mosque in the 8th century before Spanish royalty turned it into a Christian church