Great Mosque of Taza
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The Great Mosque of Taza is the most important religious building in the historic medina of Taza, Morocco. Founded in the 12th century by the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min, it is the oldest surviving e
The minaret of the mosque
One of the street entrances to the mosque
The interior of the mosque, with a view of the enormous 13th-century Marinid chandelier in the central nave, along with one of the "lambrequin"-style arches behind
Partial view of the Marinid chandelier in the mosque
Marinid architecture
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Marinid architecture corresponds to a period from the 13th to 15th centuries when the Marinid dynasty ruled over present-day Morocco and, intermittently, parts of present-day western Algeria. Within t
Great Mosque of Taza
…of the mosque Location Location Taza, Morocco Interactive map of Great Mosque of Taza Coordinates Architecture Type Mosque Style Moorish (Almohad, Marinid) Founder Abd al-Mu'min Established circa 1142 CE The Great Mosque of Taza (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, romanized: jama'a al-kabir) is the most important…
Courtyard of the Marinid-era Bou Inania Madrasa in Fez, Morocco (1350–1355)
The ruins of the Mosque of Mansourah near Tlemcen, Algeria
The main gate of Chellah, near Rabat, which became a Marinid necropolis