The Great Mosque of Tlemcen and Almoravid heritage
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May God bless you in the morning... The Great Tlemcen Mosque in Algeria is one of the most beautiful and significant remnants from the Almohad era. Construction of this mosque began under Yusuf ibn Tashfin after he captured the city of Tlemcen in 475 AH / 1082 CE, followed by Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin.
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The great mosque of Tlemcen in Algeria is one of the most beautiful and significant remnants from the Almohad era. Construction of this mosque began under Yusuf ibn Tashfin after he captured the city of Tlemcen in 475 AH / 1082 CE, and was later expanded and adorned by Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin in 530 AH / 1136 CE. It was then restored and repaired by Ibn al-Zayyan, a governor of the Banu 'Abd al-Wad, who gave it the appearance it has today.
The mosque was built from stone, brick, and plaster, while its architectural decorations rely on marble, carved and embossed plaster, ceramic, wood, and zinc.
The mosque of Tlemcen is 30.49 m long and 60.45 m wide, with the courtyard reaching 27 m in length and approximately 15 m in width. The mosque's prayer hall is rectangular in shape and consists of 13 vertical aisles along the qibla wall and 6 aisles parallel to the qibla wall. The mosque is supported by thick stone foundations.
The Tlemcen mosque is the only mosque, among the Murabitun mosques, that features a mihrab from the Murabitun period, a style that was prevalent in Islamic architecture before the Murabitun in the East, West, and Al-Andalus.
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