Ferdinand III conquers Cordoba
1236
The Castilian king entered the old Umayyad capital and converted its great mosque, with its endless horseshoe arches, into a cathedral. The silver bells of Santiago de Compostela, carried south centuries earlier as war loot, were carried home on Muslim shoulders. The conquest of Cordoba, once the most splendid city in western Europe, sent shockwaves through the remaining Muslim taifa states of Iberia.
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Also in 1236 (4 other events on record)
- Razia Sultana ascends in Delhi · South Asia · Politics
- Yellow River floods devastate northern China · East Asia · Disaster
- Iltutmish dies in Delhi · South Asia · Politics
- Cordoba's Great Mosque consecrated as cathedral · Europe · Religion
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.