Spain Church Criticized Over Cordoba Monument Name

MADRID (AP) — A regional government in southern Spain has filed a complaint with Roman Catholic Church authorities over what it believes are church moves in recent years to blot out the Islamic past of Cordoba's ancient mosque-cathedral, one of the country's leading tourist attractions. The monument, called the Mosque-Cathedral by Cordoba's town hall, still combines the exquisite red-and-white arches and gleaming marble columns of the original mosque with the richly ornate Renaissance and Baroque decorations of the cathedral.

 

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