LA KOUTOUBIA
Monuments
2024
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2024
A landmark for the caravaneers of yesteryear and for today's visitors, the Almohad mosque stretches its 77 metres of delicacy towards the sky.
For nine centuries, this masterpiece of Hispano-Moorish art has dominated the Red City. When the city was taken by the Almohads in 1147, Sultan Abd el-Moumen undertook to re-establish a firm doctrine of Islam and to endow his capital with a mosque symbolizing these values. But soon after the inauguration, it was realized that the mosque did not point to Mecca! He ordered its destruction and began the construction of the one that watches over Marrakech today. The Koutoubia owes its name to the book souk that once stood at its feet.
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Visited in april 2016
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Mosquée non visitable avec son majestueux minaret couleur ocre c'est un peu le symbole de la ville. Situé à côté de jama el fna. Au coucher du soleil très photogénique.
Visited in may 2016
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Grande mosquée au cœur de Marrakech (à quelques pas de la place Jemaâ el-Fna). La pierre ocre du minaret est magnifique à observer au coucher du soleil depuis un des parcs situés aux alentours. La mosquée ne se visite pas par les non-musulmans.
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Sublimating monument and the photo of the minaret at sunset is one of the unmissable of Marrakech.
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majestueuse, magnifique, à admirer depuis une terrasse au coucher du soleil, c'est à couper le souffle
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The monument unmissable Marrakech visible from afar. The adjoining garden allows you to move away from the hustle and bustle of the Jemaâ el-Fna.
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