Koutoubia Mosque

Koutoubia Mosque

Also known as جامع الكتبية

Year

1147

Type

building

Two mosques were built on this site in quick succession. The Almoravid founder Ali ibn Yusuf erected the first around 1147; when the Almohads discovered its qibla wall was misaligned with Mecca by several degrees, they demolished it and bui …

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