Jama es Sounna

File / Documentation

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Size

6.08 MB

Format

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Checksum (MD5)

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Creator(s)

Moroccan, Islamic

Time period

creation date: 1785/1199 AH, restoration date: 1864/1281 AH, restoration date: during reign of Moulay Youssef, restoration date: during reign of Hassan II, alteration date: minaret rebuilt, 1970/1390 AH

Location

Site: Rabat (Rabat-Salé, Wilaya de, Morocco)

Cultural context

Moroccan

Islamic

Description

White walls enclose a courtyard; green tiled roofs and green tilework around window openings; minaret (Andalucian style, similar to Seville); horseshoe-arched entry portal with elaborate stone carving. built by Mohammed ben Adallah (Muhammad bin Adullah) at the end of the 18th C; restored by King Hassan II (reg 1961-1999) [Pickens and Saharoff]

distant view, minaret seen from Avenue Mohammed V, 1993

Work type

Mosque

Medium

brick

stone

Keywords

Mosques

Alawi

Religious architecture

Architecture, Islamic --Morocco

Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, Sultan of Morocco, d. 1790