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Scenery of Rabat

Hassan tower boast a lovely plaza. It is a lot of beauty in one location. Great place to go for a read, date, walk or to take photos. When the weather is nice and the birds are chirping the atmosphere here is really soothing. As a traveler this is definitely a great place to visit and experience art and culture of Rabat. Hassan tower has a nice park area around it as well and is a short distance to marina. #rabat #morocco #walk

Incomplete Mosque

Hassan Tower is located at Boulevard Mohamed Lyazidi, Rabat, Morocco, which was built in 1196. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third Caliph of the Almohad Caliphate. The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, if completed, would be the largest in the western muslim world. When Al-Mansur died in 1199, the construction of the mosque stopped. The mosque is strategically placed on the high south bank of the Bu Regreg river to provide a spectacle visible for miles around. Located across from the Hassan Tower, contains the tombs of the Moroccan King Mohammed V and his two sons, late king Hassan II and Prince Abdallah built in 1961 and completed in 1971. Hassan Tower was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012 as part of Rabat, modern capital and historic city as shared heritage.

Rabat is the capital of Morocco, and it is also the capital that does not have much sense of existence, because many people know Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez or Chefchaouen, but it is really little known about Rabat. Rabat, on the verge of the Atlantic, is one of the four largest imperial cities in Morocco with Fes, Marrakech and Meknes. It has been the political capital of Morocco since 1912. In the glory of the 12th century, the King of Morocco planned to build a largest mosque in North Africa in Rabat. The legendary mosque covers an area of 25,000 square meters, with 19 halls and 480 pillars, and the minaret is 80 meters high. But the mosque was not finished yet, and the king was blissful. The mosque under construction was also unfinished. Only the miniature version of the minaret was barely finished, and it was reduced to 44 meters. This is the current Hassan Tower. In 1755, a famous earthquake with Lisbon as the epicenter caused the unfinished mosque to escape the catastrophe. All the mosques that had not yet been completed collapsed, leaving only 312 high and low pillars and minaret.

[Rabat] Morocco's good weather has rendered me a good mood all day, the sun is particularly gentle, the mood is up up, explore the country, enter the Royal Palace and Mechourar, Hassan Tower Hassan Tower and Mohamed 5th Mosoluem, strolling in the old-style palace style...