Marrakech gave its name to Morocco, though it is no longer the capital, though its prestige has experienced many ups and downs for a millennium , according to the ruling dynasties , the " Pearl of the South " always has a privileged location. Medina whose enclosure was built in 1126-1127 dates back to the Almoravid period. When this dynasty succumbed , in 1147 , monuments were mostly destroyed. Under the Almohad rulers (1147-1269) , Marrakesh experienced new and unprecedented prosperity . From 1147-1158 , the Abd Mou'men erected on the ruins of the Almoravid foundations, the Koutoubia Mosque , whose minaret 77 meters incomparable , key monument of Muslim architecture , is one of the great landmarks the urban landscape and the very symbol of the city
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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