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Marrakech, the Koutoubia Mosque

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Marrakech, the Koutoubia Mosque - La Koutoubia

Marrakech, the Koutoubia Mosque - la Mosquée de la Koutoubia

It is the most famous monument of Marrakesh and probably of Morocco, which constitutes one of the wonders of art and architecture in Islam...

Marrakech, the Koutoubia Mosque - a Mosquée de la Koutoubia

Raised by the Almohades in the end of the XIIth century (1157), on the site of an Almoravide mosque built a century before, it is a genuine masterpiece of the Moorish art, which makes the pride of Marrakesh since eight centuries. Its name (koutoub means "books" in Arabic) is the unique trace of the book market which was held here at the time.

Its minaret, with perfect proportions, rises to 77 Meters height. It is of an astonishing beauty (it caused the jealousies of the all Maghreb

sultans). Surmounted by a 16m skylight equipped with a dome, which supports a capped arrow of four copper balls.

Recent renovation works of the external frontage and the minaret were carried out, from 1995 to 1998.

PS : The interior of the mosque is prohibited to the non Muslims.

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