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
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
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
Marinid architecture
…examples of Marinid mosque architecture are the Grand Mosque of Fes el-Jdid (founded in 1276, one of the earliest Marinid mosques), the expansion of the Great Mosque of Taza in 1294, the Mosque of al-Mansourah near Tlemcen (1303), and the Mosque of Sidi Abu Madyan (1338–39). The Ben Salah Mosque in Marrakesh also dates from…
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