The "double" koutobia mosque

The Koutobia mosque is to Marrakech what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris. The name comes from 'books' in Arabic, and reflect that there were a book/manuscript trading souk near the mosque. It is build at the time of the second Almohad ruler, Abd El-Mumin. It is the biggest mosque of Marrakech. Its minaret was used as a model for the Giralda in Seville and the Hassan Tower in Rabat.

The Koutobia used to be a "double mosque". The other part of the mosque is destroyed. Only this is left.