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This marker is part of an extended History of Islamic Architecture
Rabat, Morocco
Hassan Mosque (ruins)
1184-1199
Almohad
The Mosque of Hassan was founded by the Almohad ruler Ya'qub al-Mansur, who began the mosque in 1191, concurrently with the foundation of the city of Rabat. Eight years later al-Mansur died and the hypostyle mosque was left unfinished. The partly preserved minaret illustrates the monumental scale on which the mosque was designed. The minaret is square in plan, constructed of stone, and ornamented on each façade with four different compositions utilizing horseshoe arches and decorative panels with interlacing polylobed arches. These motifs are common to the other extant Almohad minarets that share the same visual characteristics: the Kutubiyya Mosque of Marrakech and the Giralda of Seville.
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