Great Mosque of Asilah
The Grand Mosque in Asilah, Morocco, is the main mosque of the historic royal citadel (kasbah) in the old city (medina) of Asilah. It was built under Moulay Ismail in the late 17th century.[1]
History
The Grand Mosque of Asilah is located inside the former kasbah (citadel), at the eastern end of the medina. It was built soon after the city was retaken at the end of the 17th century.
Moulay Ismail charged the new governor of Tangier, Ali ibn Abdallah Errifi, with building the mosque; however, it's possible that it was his son, Ahmed Errifi, who actually carried out the construction.
It has an octagonal minaret, a feature common to some parts of northern Morocco but not in the rest of the country. With its whitewashed walls and minaret, its decoration is quite plain compared to other mosques built by the Errifis at the same time (such as the Kasbah Mosque in Tangier). Like other Moroccan mosques, it is open to Muslims only.[1]
Gallery
See also
- Asilah
- Kasbah Mosque
- List of mosques in Morocco
References
- ^ a b 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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