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.