Murcia Cathedral Murcia Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary in Murcia (Spanish: "Iglesia Catedral de Santa María en Murcia"), commonly called the Cathedral of Murcia, is a Catholic church in the city of Murcia, Spain. It is the only cathedral in use in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena in Spain. The Christian king Jaime I the Conqueror conquered the city during the Mudéjar revolt of 1264–66. Despite an existing pact with the Muslims of the city that prevented the destruction of any mosque, Jaime I took the Great Mosque or Aljamía to consecrate it to the Virgin Mary; a custom
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab the faithful for congregational prayers in the spacious main hall. The interior of the mosque is more beautiful than the outside. There is a spacious main prayer hall which covers 400m² of the total built area of 600 m². In the main prayer hall, there is a beautiful Mihrab built into the back wall of the mosque. The beautifully decorated Mihrab of the mosque indicates the direction to the Holy Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where all Muslims are required to face when they perform their prayers. Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab The Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque (Mesquita Foz Do