Hassan Tower Is a picture of a half finished minaret an incomplete mosque started in 1195. It was intended to be the worlds largest mosque at 60 meters high. It was abandoned at 44 meters in 1199 when Sultan Yacoub al-Mansour passed away. Inside of the tower there is a ramp instead of stairs where the would ride a horse to the top for the call to prayer 5 times a day. The architect Jabir also used a similar design plan for the minaret in Giralda in Seville, modern day Spain. Both of these towers were modeled after the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech. All of which contain the architecture detail of a ramp on the inside instead of stairs. In Giralda the Spanish later added a western style top to the minaret and converted it in to a bell tower, Secille Cathedral after the Reconquista.
The minaret is located in Rabat my new home city.
The minaret is located in Rabat my new home city.
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