Hassan’s Tower

Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete in , Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
  • …stands 44 metres (144 feet) tall
  • Description: Mosque in Rabat, Morocco
  • Also known as
    “Hassan Tower”
    “Tour Hassan صومعة حسان”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mausoleum of Mohammed V and Grand Theatre of Rabat.
The is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in , . is situated 210 metres southeast of Hassan’s Tower.
The Royal Theatre of Rabat, formerly known as the… is situated 750 metres east of Hassan’s Tower.
is a theater building, which is situated 1 km southwest of Hassan’s Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kasbah of the Udayas and Touarga.
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Latitude
34.02414° or 34° 1′ 27″ north
Longitude
-6.82279° or 6° 49′ 22″ west
Open location code
8C6M25FG+MV
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Hassan’s Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صومعة حسان”
  • Arabic: “مسجد ومنارة حسان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Həsən minarəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Хәсән манараһы”
  • Basque: “Hasan Dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Мінарэт Хасана”
  • Bengali: “হাসান টাওয়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Кула на Хасан”
  • Catalan: “Torre Hassan”
  • Chinese: “哈散塔”
  • Chinese: “哈桑塔”
  • Danish: “Hassan tower”
  • Dutch: “Hassantoren”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد صومعه حسان”
  • French: “Tour Hassan”
  • Galician: “Torre Hassan”
  • German: “Hassan-Turm”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל חסאן”
  • Hindi: “हस्सान टावर”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Hassan”
  • Italian: “Torre di Hassan”
  • Japanese: “ハサン塔”
  • Japanese: “ハッサン塔”
  • Korean: “하산 타워”
  • Korean: “하산탑”
  • Latvian: “Hasana tornis”
  • Malay: “Menara Hassan”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “صمعة د حسان”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “صومعة حسان”
  • Persian: “برج حسن”
  • Polish: “Wieża Hasana”
  • Polish: “Wieża Hassana”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Cale”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Haçane”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Salé”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Hassan”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Hassan”
  • Russian: “Минарет Хасана”
  • Scots: “Hassan Touer”
  • Slovenian: “Hasanov stolp”
  • Spanish: “Alminar de Hasán”
  • Spanish: “Alminar de Hassan”
  • Spanish: “Minarete de Hasán”
  • Spanish: “Minarete de Hassan”
  • Spanish: “Torre Hasán”
  • Spanish: “Torre Hassan”
  • Swedish: “Hassantornet”
  • Turkish: “Hasan Kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мінарет Хасана”
  • Urdu: “ٹاور حسان”

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