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'mosque of the cobblers'), is the largest Friday mosque within the historic Andalusian medina of Rabat (i.e. the district north of the Andalusian walls, along Avenue Hassan II today) in Morocco. The mosque is located at the intersection of the streets of Souk Sebbat and Rue Bab Chellah ("Street of the Chellah Gate"). [1]
The mosque occupies a visually prominent position on Avenue Mohammed V, one of the main boulevards of downtown Rabat. [1] Just west and south of it is the Royal Palace.The building has a nearly square floor plan measuring roughly 74 meters per side with a surface area of 5565 metres, making it the fourth largest historic mosque in Morocco.
Ahl Fas Mosque (Arabic: مسجد اهل فاس) is a mosque in the capital city of Rabat, Morocco. It is located at the mechouar of Al-Sayeed. The mosque was commissioned by the Alaouite sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah in the 18th century. It was renovated several times, during the era of Muhammad IV, Yusef, Muhammad V, Hassan II, and Muhammad VI.
Images Location Year Remarks Abu al-Hasan Mosque: Fez: 1341 [2] Al-Aadam Mosque ‘Masjid Al aadam' Safi: 12-13th century Ahl Fas Mosque: Rabat: 18th century [3] Al-Akhawayn University Mosque: Ifrane: 1995 Cheikh Al Kamel Mausoleum: Meknes: 1776 Preserves the tomb of Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa, a Sufi mystic and Ash'ari scholar. Al-Beida Mosque ...
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (Arabic: صومعة حسان; is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. [1] It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century.
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The building was commissioned by King Hassan II to be the most ambitious structure ever built in Morocco. [9] It was designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau who had lived in Morocco, and was constructed by the civil engineering group Bouygues. [9] Work commenced on July 12, 1986, [13] and was conducted over a seven-year period ...
The mihrab, a niche symbolizing the qibla (direction of prayer), is set in the middle of the qibla wall (the southern wall) of the prayer hall and is a central focus of its layout. The prayer hall has a "T"-plan, in that the central nave aligned with the mihrab and another transverse (i.e. perpendicular) aisle running along the qibla wall are ...