Marrakech - Kuba Ba Adyin, last vestige of Almoravid art in the Medina

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Kuba Ba Adyin, Almoravid art in Marrakech

When during your tourist trip to Marrakech you will make the essential visit of the Madrasa Ben Yusef, do not stop approaching to see a historical curiosity.

I mean the Kuba Ba Adyin, the last vestige of Almoravid art What is left in the Moroccan city.

The Kuba Ba Adyin you'll find it north of Souks of Marrakech, on an esplanade just in front of the Menbhi Palace, headquarters of Marrakech Museum, and very close to the aforementioned madrasa.

Kuba Ba Adyin, Almoravid art in Marrakech

Surely nothing will catch your attention, because the Kuba It is a small tower that is in a hollow, which you will see from a viewing terrace from which you can see the minaret tower of the Ben Yusef Mosque at the bottom.

The Kuba Ba Adyin it's really the only example in Marrakech of the art of the Almoravids, warrior religious orders similar to the medieval crusaders of Europe.

Coming from the desert, during the eleventh and twelfth centuries they settled in Andalusia, western Algeria and in present-day Morocco, and chose the aforementioned Marrakech as the capital.

Kuba Ba Adyin, Almoravid art in Marrakech

The Kuba It has its origin in the twelfth century, and is a part of the first and original Ben Yusef Mosque that settled in that space.

Rectangular in shape, with horseshoe and lobed arches, this small tower is crowned by a very decorated round dome.

Kuba Ba Adyin, Almoravid art in Marrakech

The Kuba was actually a Cult place inside the complex of the original mosque.

To appreciate this sample of the above Almoravid art, you have to go down to the base of the Kuba Ba Adyin and access under the dome to surprise you with its profuse decoration. At the base a pond with a fountain was placed.

Kuba Ba Adyin, Almoravid art in Marrakech

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