Friday, March 1, 2013

Mezquita del Cristo de la Luz and your holiday rentals in Madrid

When making arrangements away from your holiday rentals in Madrid spend some time in this little mosque, now a chapel, to stop and think of the history this place has seen. For example, the first mass said after the Reconquest was in this little chapel. After it became a place of Christian worship a transept was added which is the transverse part of a cruciform church. What makes this addition even more interesting is that it was built in the Mudejar style which is a building concept created in conjunction with the Moors, Jews and Christians. As you sit here reconstructing the history behind this little mosque try to imagine all the noblemen who trod these floors or sit where you are sitting. If only these walls could talk.

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