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Hassan tower
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    • JLBG
  • Updated By JLBG on November 12, 2004
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    Hassan tower
    by JLBG
    Hassan mosque was begun to build at the 12th century by Yacoub El Mansour sultan. It was never finished and partly destroyed in 1755 by the same earthquake that destroyed Lisbon, Portugal.

    The tower is 44 m but should have been 80 m. The columns are what remains of the mosque.

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    Main entrance into the Casbah des Oudaļas
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    by JLBG
    If you walk up, not far, just further to the entrance, you will arrive soon to the lane that lead to the 'Caravelle'' restaurant (look at my restaurants tip). This lane runs between high walls. On the left, the city wall of the casbah des Oudaļas and on the left, a second city wall that was built later to improve the protection of the Casbah.

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    Mohamed V memorial
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  • By JLBG on May 13, 2004
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    Mohamed V memorial
    by JLBG
    At the other end of the place where remain the columns of Hassan mosque, is the memorial that was build to honor king Mohamed V. The inside is amazingly decorated from the soil to the roof. Thousand of artists worked for several years to realize that memorial

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    Rabat's Medina
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  • Updated By kit_mc on December 6, 2006
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    • Rabat's Medina - Look Up! - Rabat
    Rabat's Medina - Look Up!
    by kit_mc
    If you've been to somewhere like Fes already then you may find the Medina here a little more sanitised, more like a run down European market area even. The shops here were much the same as we'd seen elsewhere and since it was raining, there didn't seem that much to attract us any deeper into it, so we stuck to its main thoroughfare, Avenue Mohammed V.

    Be sure to keep your eyes up, as well as just looking at the shops at body level, because every so often you get a glimpse of the detail on some of these largely decaying, flaking and rundown 2 and 3 storey buildings.

    If you visit Rabat early on in a Moroccan trip then the medina here would be a much easier introduction. I suspect there aren't that many bargains here, but it's a place to ease yourself into the Moroccan Medina Experience without the total culture shock of Fes and with much fewer hassles.

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    Le Tour Hassan
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  • By kit_mc on December 5, 2006
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    Le Tour Hassan, Rabat.
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    The Hassan Tour was meant to be the largest mineret in the world when construction started in the 12th century, part of a massive mosque complex initiated by Sultan Yacoub al-Mansour. The mineret never reached its intended height of 60 metres, but instead sits there at 44metres as the sultan died part way through construction.

    While it looks as if it's had the top lopped off by some celestial sword, it's still big enough to dominate the skyline. The complex as a whole allows for plenty of photo opportunities, standing at one end of an avenue of stone colums, all that is left of the mosque itself.

    At the other end is the Mausoleum of Mohammed V. Entry to the complex is free.

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    Hassan tower and the columns from the mosque
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    Hassan tower
    by JLBG
    The mosque should have been the largest of the Islamic world : 312 columns and 42 marble pillars. It would have been larger than the Giralda of Sevilla and the Koutoubia of Marrakech. When Sultan Yacoun El Mansour died in 1199, the half finished mosque was abandoned.

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    Bab El Had
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  • Updated By JLBG on November 13, 2004
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    by JLBG
    Bab El Had is on Hassan II Avenue. "Bab" means doorway. "El Had" is the first and in this case the first day of the week, which is Sunday. Then Bab El Had is "Sunday entrance"
    Bab El Had is oriented towards the west, and, thus is best seen at the end of the afternoon.

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    Wide enough ?
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  • Updated By JLBG on November 12, 2004
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    by JLBG
    The narrowest, the quietest ! As long as there is no door, you can walk wherever you like. Sometimes, we were not sure that we were not on a private space but actually, you have not to bother : if it is private, it is closed. If it is not closed, you can go, this is public !

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    Here we are !
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    by JLBG
    Fresh guards are just arriving to the change, every 2 hours and a half, as we got the information from one of the guards himself. In spring (we were in march) this is not too long but in winter, when there are strong gusts of cold wind and moreover in summer when the temperature can rise much; I wonder how they can do it !

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    Royal Mosque
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  • By amsterdam_vallon on October 20, 2003
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    Royal Mosque
    by amsterdam_vallon
    Right across from the Royal Palace, the King's own mosque stands. Neither old nor terribly big, it still offers a fine example of Islamic architecture. Its placement gives it an added quality – between it and the Royal Palace there is nothing but the wide square.

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