Moroccan architecture

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Islamic Architecture in the Royal Palace in Fes.

Moroccan architecture includes various structures built during different periods developed by the local Moroccan Amazigh. The most notable style in this country is the local Moorish Architecture .

Moroccan Architecture Media

• Volubilis, founded in the 3rd century BC and abandoned in the 11th century

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  The 10th-century minaret of the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque, in Fes (seen through the arches of the later 16th-century Saadian pavilions)

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  Interior of the Almoravid Qubba in Marrakesh (early 12th century).

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  The minaret of the Almohad Kutubiyya Mosque, Marrakesh (12th century)

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  Ali Ben Youssef Medersa (15744610301)

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  The Chamber of the Twelve Columns in the Saadian Tombs (16th century), Marrakesh

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  Bab Mansour, the ceremonial main gate of the Kasbah of Moulay Isma'il in Meknes (early 18th century)

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  A carved and painted wooden ceiling in the Bahia Palace (late 19th to early 20th century)

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  The headquarters of Bank al-Maghrib in Rabat, completed in 1930 under French colonial rule, with Mauresque (Neo-Moorish) flourishes

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  The new extension to the Marrakesh Menara Airport, completed in 2008

Related pages

• Moroccan riad