Baza, Granada – Spain
Coordinates: 37.490278, -2.774793
The Co-Cathedral of Baza, also known as the Colegiata de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Encarnación, is the main Roman Catholic church in Baza, Province of Granada, Spain.
The church is built on the foundations of the what was once the Jama Masjid (congregational mosque) of Baza.
One of the renowed Islamic scholars, Abu bakar al-Bazi was from here.
Baza was under Islamic rule from 713 to 1489 AD with a population of 50,000.
Church
Begun in 1529 atop the site of a mosque, the initial Gothic architecture building collapsed after an earthquake two years later.
It was elaborately rebuilt in a Renaissance style by 1549.
The church has a tall bell-tower with an octagonal lantern.
