A fire has broken out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral of the Spanish city of Córdoba. Videos online show flames and smoke coming from inside the major tourist attraction.
The fire service told AFP it had deployed to La Mezquita-Catedral late on Friday without giving further details.
Local media reported that the fire started in one of the chapels and spread to the roof. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear.
The cathedral is a Unesco-listed heritage site and was first built as a mosque in the eighth century by the southern city’s then Muslim rulers and converted into a Christian place of worship by Spanish royalty in the 13th century.
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