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Hassan Tower
The unfinished minaret of a twelfth-century mosque that was meant to be the largest in the world.
- Editor's score
- 4.8
- Visit
- 45 min
- Price
- Free
About
The Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur began an immense mosque here in the 1190s, but work stopped at his death in 1199. The massive sandstone minaret, left at about 44 metres, still rises over a field of truncated columns that mark out the prayer hall. Along with the Koutoubia and the Giralda, it is one of the three great Almohad towers.
Best time to go: Visit in the late afternoon, when the stone turns golden, and combine it with the mausoleum opposite.
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