Hassan Tower
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Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 1
Hassan Tower, Rabat, Marocco
The ruins of the Hassan Tower and mosque in 1916
The tower and mosque remains today (2025 photo)
Present-day remains of the walls and columns of the unfinished mosque
Yaqub al-Mansur
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Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn Abd al-Muʾmin al-Manṣūr, commonly known as Yaqub al-Mansur or Moulay Yacoub, was the third Almohad caliph. Succeeding his father, al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199. Hi
Hassan Tower
…Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (in French; Arabic: صومعة حسان) is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century. The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the…
Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr's unfinished mosque in Rabat
Bab Udaya was added to Qasbat al-Awdaya under al-Mansūr's reign.
"The Disgrace of Averroes": al-Mansur banishes Averroes from his court (Louis Figuier, 1867 illustration)