Jaén Cathedral Jaén Cathedral The Assumption of the Virgin Cathedral is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Santa María Square, opposite the Town Hall and the Episcopal Palace, in the center of Jaén, region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral stands on a site once occupied by a mosque. Construction began in 1249 atop the ruins of the mosque. The church was damaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions during the following two centuries until the sixteenth century, when several architects, Andrés de Vandelvira being the most important one, built the biggest part of the Cathedral. It was consecrated in 1724. The more
Tripoli Cathedral construction, notably Othman Najeem contributing to interior decoration work. After rising to power, the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi converted the Tripoli Cathedral into a mosque, the Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque. After having been significantly modified, many of its original features were removed and replaced with more modern Arabesque-style architecture. Tripoli Cathedral Tripoli Cathedral (; ) is a former Roman Catholic church located in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. It is situated on the Algeria/Elgazayer Square ("Maidan al Jazair/Maydan elgazayer") in the city centre. It was converted into a mosque in 1970, with the St. Francis Pro-Cathedral now serving as temporary