Famous by the Jamaa El Fna, the beacon city of the Almoravids was founded in 1070 and aims to control outlets Atlas nearby. It was from this rudimentary camp that leave the first military conquests. Abu Bakr, the leader of the Almoravids, undertook the construction of a Kasbah nicknamed "the stone castle", close to the Koutoubia current.
Marrakech became the capital of a vast empire in the reign of Youssef Ben Tachfine to extend, under the Almohads, to the border of Libya. The first Almohad sovereign, Abdelmoumen, began the construction of the Koutoubia mosque, which his grandson, son Yacoub El Mansour will complete a superb minaret, still visible today. His son Youssef dug tanks and built a vast administrative district This is the culmination of Marrakech. Built at the same time as "La Giralda," Seville and the "Tour Hassan", Rabat, the Koutoubia (eleventh century) is an authentic masterpiece of Moorish art. Its minaret soars to nearly 70 meters
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