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  • Bou Jeloud Mosque

  • Bou Jeloud Mosque

    Bou Jeloud Mosque, also Bab Bou Jeloud Mosque, is a historic mosque located in Fes, Morocco. It was built between 1184 and 1199 AD by the third Almohad Caliph, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (Moulay Yacoub). The current minaret of the mosque was constructed in 1248 by the the Marinid ruler Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq. The mosque 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
    Bou Jeloud Mosque
    by Robert Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 370 m

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    Bou Jeloud Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1981

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Morocco

    Fès-Meknès

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    12th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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