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facilities around the rest of the perimeter. One of these annexes, at its the southeastern corner, is the library (known as the Ben Youssef or Ibn Yusuf Library). Another structure, at the mosque's northeastern corner, is an aristocratic mansion, Dar Raghay, finished in 1943 on the site of earlier structures. It has recently been restored and converted into a cultural center known as Dar Bellarj.
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it occupies (which corresponds to the outline of the original Almoravid mosque), it is entered via either of two passages that cross the distance between it and the street. The rest of the bloc around the mosque is occupied by a cemetery on its northwestern sides, and by various houses, annexes, and
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claimed that the Almoravid mosque had an orientation error and it was either demolished or abandoned. The Almohads instead built a new grand mosque, the Kutubiyya Mosque, in the southwestern parts of the city, far from the Ben Youssef Mosque, as well as another grand mosque, the Kasbah Mosque, to
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sculpted pieces. The large triangular faces of the minbar on either side are covered in an elaborate and creative motif centered around eight-pointed stars, from which decorative bands with ivory inlay then interweave and repeat the same pattern across the rest of the surface. The spaces between
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The original outline and alignment of this grand mosque is still discernible in the layout of the streets today, as the streets immediately around the present-day mosque form a rectangle which are out of alignment with both the mosque and the later
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soon after he arrived to take command of the city in 1071. to serve as the central congregational mosque of the fledgling city. Nothing has survived of this first mosque and its exact locations is not certain. It was built in
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and was later moved to the second incarnation of that mosque. For this reason, it is often referred to as the Kutubiyya Minbar or the Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque. It remained there until 1962, when it was moved to the
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and bone running along the top edge of the balustrades. The other surfaces of the minbar feature a variety of other motifs. Notably, the steps of the minbar are decorated with images of an arcade of
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side occupied by a staircase with nine steps. It is 3.46 metres (11.4 ft) long, 0.87 metres (2 ft 10 in) wide, and 3.86 metres (12.7 ft) tall. The main structure is made in
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period (16th century) the city underwent significant urban changes, with new neighbourhoods and new mosques being created in the western areas of the city (on the site of an older
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serve their new palaces in the south. The new Kutubiyya Mosque, however, was not entirely successful in displacing the center of urban activity away from the original city center.
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Having fallen into ruin in the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was completely rebuilt in the early 19th century by the
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on its western side estimated to be 30 or 40 meters high. The rising city's layout was organized around it, and together with the neighboring
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is the only surviving example of Almoravid architecture in Marrakesh. It was built in either 1117 or, more likely, in 1125, by the Almoravid
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Detail of the geometric motif on the flanks of the minbar, centered around a recurring eight-pointed star. The spaces are filled with
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prayer hall, which is divided into three transverse aisles by two rows of arches running north-south, parallel with the far eastern
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decoration. The only other notable decoration in the mosque are the wooden ceilings, which have a typical sloped form with
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along the edges of each façade of the main shaft. Both tiers of the minaret are crowned with sawtooth-shape
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The mosque has a square floor plan measuring 64 meters per side. It features a large internal courtyard (
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inside which are curving plant motifs, all made entirely in marquetry with different colored woods.
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It continues to serve today as one of the most important mosques in Marrakesh. Traditionally, the
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these bands form other geometric shapes which are filled with panels of deeply-carved
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famously commissioned an elaborate minbar (pulpit) for his mosque from a workshop in
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defeated the Almoravids and captured Marrakesh in April 1147, the Almohad caliph
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was also built nearby during the reign of Ahmad al-Mansur (ruled 1578–1603).
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but are enhanced with colorful painted geometric and arabesque motifs.
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Aerial view of the Ben Youssef Mosque and its surroundings in 1930-1931
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The minbar is an essentially triangular structure with the
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wall (the wall in the direction of prayer). The mosque's
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Index


Marrakesh
Morocco
Ben Youssef Mosque is located in Morocco
Geographic coordinates
31°37′54.93″N 7°59′13.78″W / 31.6319250°N 7.9871611°W / 31.6319250; -7.9871611
Mosque
Arabic
mosque
Medina quarter
Marrakesh
Morocco
Almoravid
Ali ibn Yusuf

Marrakesh
Almoravid
Yusuf ibn Tashfin
rammed earth
Ali ibn Yusuf
French
transliteration
gold dinars
minaret
souqs
Qubba Ba'adiyyin
ablution
Almohads
Abd al-Mu'min
Saadian dynasty

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