A fire at a historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba in southern Spain caused only “very localised damage,” the city’s mayor said Saturday as the site reopened to the public.

The spectacular blaze broke out on Friday at about 9:00 pm (1900 GMT), raising fears for the early medieval architectural gem and evoking memories of the 2019 fire that ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Widely shared videos had shown flames and smoke billowing from inside the major tourist attraction, which is considered a jewel of Islamic architecture and is visited by two million people per year.

“There is some damage, significant damage, but it is very, very localised,” the mayor of Cordoba, Jose Maria Bellido, told reporters outside the site which opened to the public as usual in the morning.

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