Incomplete Mosque

Hassan Tower is located at Boulevard Mohamed Lyazidi, Rabat, Morocco, which was built in 1196. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third Caliph of the Almohad Caliphate. The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, if completed, would be the largest in the western muslim world. When Al-Mansur died in 1199, the construction of the mosque stopped. The mosque is strategically placed on the high south bank of the Bu Regreg river to provide a spectacle visible for miles around. Located across from the Hassan Tower, contains the tombs of the Moroccan King Mohammed V and his two sons, late king Hassan II and Prince Abdallah built in 1961 and completed in 1971. Hassan Tower was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012 as part of Rabat, modern capital and historic city as shared heritage.