Hassan mosque In Rabat - Morocco

Hassan Mosque is one of the historic buildings unique in Rabat, which is located by visiting the eye, was built by the Almohad Sultan Ya...

Hassan Mosque is one of the historic buildings unique in Rabat, which is located by visiting the eye, was built by the Almohad Sultan Yacoub El Mansour (*), was considered one of the largest mosques in his reign. But this ambitious project stopped after his death in 1199, as was the extinction because of the earthquake that hit the year 1755 AD. And experiencing its effects on the magnitude of the original building of the mosque, where a length of 180 meters and width of 140 meters, as evidenced by the silo, which is one of the three sisters of the silo Koutoubia (***) in Marrakech, and the Giralda (****) Seville on the existence of the mosque and bulkiness. Is square-shaped stand tall as 44 meters in height up, and her early internal warped, lead to higher silo and passes on six rooms form layers. The four facades are decorated with motifs and various inscriptions carved on the stone on the Moroccan Andalusian style of the twelfth century. Building Mansour Almohad for this parameter and the choice of this mosque, which exceed an area of 2550 m2 in Rabat to be the largest mosque in Morocco and field- the largest mosque in the Middle space and grandeur of Bta, suggesting that the Unitarians (**) they wish to take from Rabat big city fails in important cities of Fez and Marrakech .

Minaret of the mosque:

Of each side of the Al-Manar 16 meters wide. The rise. Amounts to 65 meters, but if it were to hit some experts estimate the height of 80 meters. The most important architectural features in this Manar built of stone hardwood shelved its parts very carefully and then choose the location of a stronger Bekaa and admire tolerant to the weight of this construction Shamekh. Add to these features that silo easy to upgrade because of the flat grades that were Triqaha animals carrier construction tools of stone and clay and others. Were it not for this durability that distinguishes building Manar to falter in the wake of the earthquake Almhún 1755 . It is almost impossible to take a real look for decorative art complex, which is characterized by the lighthouse, and perhaps the most important characteristic of this lighthouse is a decorative design is different for each of the four traditional downstream face.