Great Mosque of Asilah
| Country | Morocco  |
|---|---|
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Asilah |
| Coordinate location | 35°27′56″N 6°2′11″W |
De Grand Mosque insyd Asilah, Morocco, be de main mosque of de historic royal citadel (kasbah) insyd de old city (medina) of Asilah. Na dem build am under Moulay Ismail insyd de late 17th century.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]De Grand Mosque of Asilah dey locate insyd de former kasbah (citadel), for de eastern end of de medina. Na dem build am soon after na dem retake de city for de end of de 17th century.
Moulay Ismail charge de new governor of Tangier, Ali ibn Abdallah Errifi, plus make dem build de mosque; however, na ebe possible say he be ein son, Ahmed Errifi, wey actually carry out de construction.
E get an octagonal minaret, a feature wey be common to sam parts of northern Morocco buh no be insyd de rest of de country. Plus ein whitewashed walls den minaret, ein decoration be quite plain dem compare to oda mosques dem build by de Errifis for de same time (such as de Kasbah Mosque insyd Tangier). Like oda Moroccan mosques, dem gbele am to Muslims per.[1]
Gallery
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References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Le Maroc andalou : à la découverte d'un art de vivre. Museum With No Frontiers. (Deuxième édition ed.). Aix-en-Provence, France. ISBN 978-3-902782-31-1. OCLC 857904262.
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