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in Cordoba, the capital of al-Andalus
Seville is another city, not its site
Granada is the Alhambra's city, not this mosque's
Toledo lies north of Cordoba
the Umayyad emir of al-Andalus began it in 785
he enlarged it later, did not begin it
al-Hakam II enlarged it, not built it
he was not its builder
interlocking arches over a forest of columns
no famous green dome is in it
no leaning towers, straight columns
its ornament is mosaic, not stained glass
Byzantine artists made the mihrab mosaics
no oil paintings are in the mihrab
no statues in an Islamic mihrab
writing is there but the fame is the mosaic
hundreds of columns fill the prayer hall
columns, not trees, fill it
its columns are stone and marble, not wood
its columns are stone, not gold
generations kept enlarging it for two centuries
one generation did not suffice
two centuries is more accurate than three
a decade is far too short for it
a cathedral was set inside it after the city was taken
it became a church, not a fortress
it never became a palace
it stayed a place of worship, not a museum
its voussoirs alternate red and white
its arches are not blue and green
not black and gold
not grey and brown
the minaret remained a tower inside the church
it was not razed; it survives as a tower
it was not turned into a dome; it stayed a tower
it did not sink; it still stands
it joined scale, art and vast influence on building
it is famed for beauty, not height
not the oldest mosque but the most famous
it is stone, not gold
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