Jama es Sounna
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Alternative Titles
Great Mosque of Rabat
Grande Mosque de Rabat
Date
1785Description
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
Type of Work
MosqueSubject
Mosques, Alawi, Religious architecture, Architecture, Islamic --Morocco, Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, Sultan of Morocco, d. 1790, Maghreb, Palms, Minarets, Pedestrian areas
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Item is Part of
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