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| Andalusiyyin Mosque ( Morocco ) |
Property Name : Andalusiyyin Mosque
| Inventory No: |
212-5-2 |
| Date of infill of the inventory form: |
2007-10-24 |
| Country (State party): |
Morocco |
| Province : |
Fez |
| Town: |
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| Geographic coordinates: |
34° 3' 45" N
4° 58' 30" W |
| Historic Period: |
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| Year of Construction: |
859-60, 956, 1203-7 |
| Style: |
Almohad |
| Orginal Use : |
Mosque |
| Current Use : |
Mosque |
| Architect: |
Unknown
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| Significance
The Andalusiyyin Mosque, which takes his name from the surrounding quarter, where the refugees from Cordoba had settled in the ninth century, was a neighbourhood mosque, but became a congregational mosque in the 10th century. The mosque is known for its similarity to the Qarawiyyin Mosque, but it is much simplier.
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| Selection Criteria
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
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References
Hillenbrand, Robert. Islamic Architecture. NY: Columbia UP, 1994.
Hoag, John. Islamic Architecture. NY: Rizzoli, 1987.
Michell, George, ed. Architecture of the Islamic World. Thames & Hudson, London, 1996.
Pickens et al. Maroc: Les Cites Imperiales. ACR Edition. Paris, 1995.
Terrasse, Henri. La Mosquee des Andalous a Fes. Les Editions d'Art et d'Histoire. Paris, 1942.
Archnet Web Site: http://archnet.org/
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