Great Mosque, Rabat

This article is about the current congregational mosque in the medina of Rabat. For the unfinished Almohad mosque begun by Ya'qub al-Mansur, see Hassan Tower.
Great Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
MunicipalityRabat
CountryMorocco
Great Mosque, Rabat is located in Morocco
Great Mosque, Rabat
Shown within Morocco
Geographic coordinates34°1′32.8″N 6°50′1.2″W / 34.025778°N 6.833667°W / 34.025778; -6.833667
Architecture
Typemosque
Specifications
Minaret(s)1
Minaret height33.15 m
One of the main gates of the mosque.

The Great Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, romanized: al-jama' al-kbir) of the medina of Rabat in Morocco, also known as the el-Kharrazin Mosque (Arabic: خرازين, romanized: jama' al-kharrazin, lit. 'mosque of the cobblers'), is the largest Friday mosque within the historic Andalusian medina of Rabat (i.e. the district north of the Andalusian walls, along Avenue Hassan II today) in Morocco. The mosque is located at the intersection of the streets of Souk Sebbat and Rue Bab Chellah ("Street of the Chellah Gate").[1]

History

The mosque was originally built in the Marinid period in the late 13th or early 14th century, but it has been reconstructed and restored many times since.[1][2][3] An extensive restoration took place in 1882, and the current minaret was built in 1939.[1][3][2]

Description

The mosque covers an area of about 1800 square meters and its minaret has a height of 33.15 meters.[1] The mosque has six gates and follows a traditional layout for Moroccan mosques (i.e. a courtyard or sahn and an interior prayer hypostyle hall).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Jamaà El Kbir ou Jamaà el-Kharrazin". Inventaire et Documentation du Patrimoine Culturel du Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. ^ a b Touri, Abdelaziz; Benaboud, Mhammad; Boujibar El-Khatib, Naïma; Lakhdar, Kamal; Mezzine, Mohamed (2010). Le Maroc andalou : à la découverte d'un art de vivre (2 ed.). Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Royaume du Maroc & Museum With No Frontiers. ISBN 978-3902782311.
  3. ^ a b Parker, Richard (1981). A practical guide to Islamic Monuments in Morocco. Charlottesville, VA: The Baraka Press.
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