Title
Hassan Tower
Subject
Minarets--Morocco--Rabat
Description
"Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (Arabic: صومعة حسان) is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. Begun in 1195, the tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world along with the mosque, also intended to be the world's largest. In 1199, Sultan Yacub al-Mansour died and construction on the mosque stopped. The tower reached 44 m (140 ft), about half of its intended 86 m (260 ft) height. The rest of the mosque was also left incomplete, with only the beginnings of several walls and 200 columns being constructed. The tower, made of red sandstone, along with the remains of the mosque and the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V, forms an important historical and tourist complex in Rabat." (from Wikipedia)
Creator
Welch, Claude Emerson
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date
2006
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
Morocco 2006
psc001_psc1099
Coverage
Rabat (Morocco)
Date Created
3/22/2011
Is Part Of
Welch-Ludwig Collection
PSC001
Collection
Citation
Welch, Claude Emerson, “Hassan Tower,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed May 13, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/26081.