Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat ,Morocco :November 8, 2013

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Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. Begun in 1195, the tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world along with the mosque, also intended to be the world's largest. In 1199, Sultan Yacoub al-Mansour died and construction on the mosque stopped. The tower reached 44 m (140 ft), about half of its intended 86 m (260 ft) height

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Size: 3644px × 5466px
Location: Hassan Tower ,Rabat ,Morocco
Photo credit: © fahim abdelmajid / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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