M Riads| Apartments and Flats| Hotels and Riads| Holiday Houses| Things to do and See| Site Map   

Marrakech

General Information

Accommodation

History

Activities
Places of interest
Excursions
Nature
Hammam, the Turkish Baths
Culture

Sport

Practical advice

Restaurants

Nightlife

Things to do and See
 Are you a homeowner?
Advertise your house or apartment with Costasur!
sign up here.
 Problems with your page with Costasur?
If you have found an error in our pages... Let us know here!
 Would you like to work at Costasur?
Become
part of our team!
Other pages:
Online Tools
Modify page
New user?
Forgot your password?
Change password
Created:19/08/2005
Modified:04/03/2008
 
You are in: Marrakech » Activities » Places of interest »

 »Koutubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco

Bookmark (CTRL+D) Tell a friend Your Feedback (online survey) Online Bookmarks:
previous « |  Places of interest | » next   (5/13)
     
Its name comes from the denomination of the free caliphs (Al-Kutbiyyine), who lived there in the 17th Century.

With 70 meters of altitude, this temple in Marrakech, Morocco was constructed by order of Caliph Abd Al-Mumin Ibn Ali in the second half of the 17th Century, in one of the most important mosques of the Maghreb countries.

The minaret of the Koutubia is considered a reference prototype of its class in one of the three most important (besides that of the Giralda in Sevilla and the Hassan in Rabat).

The city´s nightlife is concentrated around the mosque, because of the presided by its distinguishable siluette that iluminates the night sky.
Address
Mosquée la Koutoubia
40000  Marrakech 
Phone number
 
Approximate location of the accommodation on the map.
click for bigger map
Client Zone
User:
Password:
Have you forgotten your password? 
Search Lodging
Check-in
Check-out
Type
Price
Number of people
Region

Teen summer camps Spain
Adventure summer camp in Spain for teens. Learn Spanish with fun and adventure activities!

Languages: de | es | fr | it | nl | no | pl | pt | ru
Error in the page?:
Keywords for this page:
activities visit sports places place outdoor morocco monuments monument marrakesh marrakech koutubia interest africa
Other pages:
Useful addresses:addresses Useful addresses:hospital Restaurants:dining out Go on an Excursion:nearby cities Apartments and Flats:apartment Hunting:fauna
[ ] ] [ ]
293 s new