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  • Lalla Aouda Mosque

  • Lalla Aouda Mosque

    Lalla Aouda Mosque is a historic mosque located in Meknes, Morocco. It was originally built in 1276 AD by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Ya'qub as the main mosque in the Kasbah, which he built in the same period. As for the current mosque, it was built between 1672 and 1678 by the Alaouite sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif (Moulay Ismail). The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 as part of Historic City of Meknes.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic City of Meknes.
    World Heritage Site
    Lalla Aouda Mosque
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    Elevation: 525 m

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    Lalla Aouda Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1996

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Morocco

    Fès-Meknès

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    13th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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