The mosque’s floor design is enormous and slightly asymmetrical as a result of several additions and alterations over the years. The mihrab (niche signifying the direction of prayer) and the decorative arches close by are thought to be remnants of the mosque’s original construction, but the current courtyard (sahn) and a large portion of its northeastern portion are later additions. The mosque’s main structure is straightforward and follows the same hypostyle design as other Moroccan mosques. On the western side of the mosque, a 24 meter tall, tastefully proportioned minaret with decorative façade sits.
A few decades after the mosque’s founding, in 1317, the minaret was probably begun or finished.
Marçais, Georges (1954). L’architecture musulmane d’Occident. Paris: Arts et métiers graphiques.
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