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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.

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Mosquée la Koutoubia

40000 Marrakech