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  • Bab Guissa Mosque

  • Bab Guissa Mosque

    Bab Guissa Mosque is a medieval mosque located in northern Fes el-Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. According to an inscription on one of its marble columns, the mosque was built in the 14th century AD, during the reign of the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan. The mosque of Bab Guissa was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 as part of Medina of Fez.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Medina of Fez.
    World Heritage Site
    Bab Guissa Mosque
    by Adert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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    Bab Guissa Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1981

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Morocco

    Fès-Meknès

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    14th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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