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Historic Spanish mosque-cathedral reopens after blaze

Smoke raises after a fire broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba on August 8, 2025. [AFP]

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 pm -- its regular hours -- with only the area where the fire broke out cordoned off to the public, he told AFP.

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