A mechanical barredora that was in the Chapel of Almanzor is the probable cause of the fire that occurred on Friday afternoon inside the mosque-cathedral of Córdoba.
The rapid intervention of firefighters avoided a catastrophe And now the report of the damages suffered by the monument declared a World Heritage for UNESCO in 1984 is expected.
This is the third fire suffered by the Mosque-Catedral in its ancient history in which only two previous ones have recorded: the first in 1910, 115 years ago, and the second in 2001.
On May 29, 1910, Mézquita-Córdoba suffered the first one that was caused by an electric shock on the temple cruise cimborrium.
The second took place July 5, 2001. A fire in the files of the file destroyed approximately 25 files of the more than 5,000 stored.
The best images of the fire
The fire has left a shocking images that tourists and security forces have quickly shared.
