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Hassan Tower, the Glossary

Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (صومعة حسان; is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century. The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, if completed, would have been the largest in the western Muslim world.^[1]

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Almohad architecture
Buildings and structures completed in 1199
Minarets
Mosques in Rabat

Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Almohad architecture

Almohad architecture corresponds to a period from the 12th to early 13th centuries when the Almohads ruled over the western Maghreb (present-day Morocco and western Algeria) and al-Andalus (a large part of present-day Spain and southern Portugal).

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Almohad Caliphate

The Almohad Caliphate (خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or دَوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or ٱلدَّوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِيَّةُ from unity of God) or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century.

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Arcade (architecture)

An arcade is a succession of contiguous arches, with each arch supported by a colonnade of columns or piers.

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Battle of Alarcos

Battle of Alarcos (July 18, 1195), was fought between the Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur and King Alfonso VIII of Castile.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Bou Regreg

The Bou Regreg (أبو رقراق) is a river located in western Morocco which discharges into the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Rabat and Salé.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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Common Era

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.

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Engaged column

An engaged column is an architectural element in which a column is embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, which may or may not carry a partial structural load.

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Finial

A finial (from finis, end) or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature.

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French protectorate in Morocco

The French protectorate in Morocco, also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco that lasted from 1912 to 1956.

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Giralda

The Giralda (La Giralda) is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain. Hassan Tower and Giralda are Almohad architecture.

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Hypostyle

In architecture, a hypostyle hall has a roof which is supported by columns.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.

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Kasbah of the Udayas

The Kasbah of the Udayas (translit), also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah (citadel) in Rabat, Morocco. Hassan Tower and kasbah of the Udayas are Almohad architecture.

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Kutubiyya Mosque

The Kutubiyya Mosque or Koutoubia Mosque is the largest mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. Hassan Tower and Kutubiyya Mosque are Almohad architecture.

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Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria (ho Pháros tês Alexandreías, contemporary Koine; فنار الإسكندرية), was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (280–247 BC).

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List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

List of pre-twentieth century structures by height.

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Luis del Mármol Carvajal

Luis del Marmol Carvajal (Granada, Spain, 1524 - Velez Malaga, Spain, 1600) was a Spanish chronicler living many years among the formerly Moorish Granada kingdom morisco's inhabitants and in the North African regions in the mid 16th century.

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Maghreb

The Maghreb (lit), also known as the Arab Maghreb (اَلْمَغْرِبُ الْعَرَبِيُّ) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world.

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Marrakesh

Marrakesh or Marrakech (or; murrākuš) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco.

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Mausoleum of Mohammed V

The Mausoleum of Mohammed V (translit) is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco.

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Medina quarter

A medina (from lit) is a historical district in a number of North African cities, often corresponding to an old walled city.

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Minaret

A minaret (translit, or translit; minare; translit) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Hassan Tower and minaret are minarets.

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Moorish architecture

Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture which developed in the western Islamic world, including al-Andalus (on the Iberian peninsula) and what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (part of the Maghreb).

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba), officially known by its ecclesiastical name of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), is the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and located in the Spanish region of Andalusia.

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Muezzin

The muezzin (مُؤَذِّن) is the person who proclaims the call to the daily prayer (ṣalāt) five times a day (Fajr prayer, Zuhr prayer, Asr prayer, Maghrib prayer and Isha prayer) at a mosque from the minaret.

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Muslim world

The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Qibla

The qibla (lit) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah.

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Rabat

Rabat (also,; ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.

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Rubble masonry

Rubble masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sebka

Sebka refers to a type of decorative motif used in western Islamic ("Moorish") architecture and Mudéjar architecture.

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Seville

Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Spolia

Spolia (Latin for 'spoils';: spolium) are stones taken from an old structure and repurposed for new construction or decorative purposes.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Tower

Hassan Tower, the Glossary

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See also

Almohad architecture

Buildings and structures completed in 1199

Minarets

Mosques in Rabat

References