Mosque Name: Tinmal Mosque
Country: Morocco
City: Tinmal
Year of construction (AH): 542
Year of construction (AD): 1148
GPS: 30.984945 -8.228598
Faces: 156.16 degrees
Gibson Classification: Parallel
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never
Description:
A 12th-century mosque located in the village of Tinmel in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Although no longer operating as a mosque today, its remains are preserved as a historic site. It was built at the site where Ibn Tumart, the founder of the Almohad movement, was buried and it is considered an important example of Almohad architecture.
Even at this late date, this mosque, along with other Almohad mosques still face the parallel qilba.
Thanks to Naim Bbellemare for pointing this mosque out to us.
Satellite image of Tinmal mosque
The front of the mosque. Photo credit: Marco Butturni.
The mosque mihrab Photo Credit: Jerzy Strzelecki
The mosque from a distance. Photo Credit: Santiago Cordero
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