The Almohad Sultan Yaqub al-Mansur (XII century) projected build the largest mosque in the world after the Samarra in Iraq. The works were abandoned after his death in 1199. The tower should be more than 60 meters, but only reached 44. At present, the appearance of the mosque is that of a thick forest of columns in which stands the great tower, the minaret sister then became the Giralda of Seville and the Kutubiyya mosque in Marrakech.

In the courtyard of the mosque also built the mausoleum of Mohammed V, the first king of independent Morocco, which is also buried his son and successor Hassan II, father of present king.

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