Grand Mosque of Rabat
The Great Mosque of Salé, also known as the Masjid al-Tal'a, is a historic mosque in Salé, Morocco. It is the main mosque of the old city. Covering an area of 5,070 m2, it is the third-largest mosque in Morocco.Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Anass Sedrati, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Salé, Morocco
- Also known as: “Great Mosque of Sale”, “Great Mosque of Salé”, “Masjid al-Tal’a”, and “The Great Mosque of Salé”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Borj Adoumoue and Hassan’s Tower.
Borj Adoumoue
Photo: Ismael zniber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borj Adoumoue is situated 520 metres northwest of Grand Mosque of Rabat.
Hassan’s Tower
Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan; is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century. Hassan’s Tower is situated 2 km south of Grand Mosque of Rabat.
Bab el-Mrissa
City gate
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab el-Mrissa, also known as Bab al-Mellah, is a gate in the city of Salé, Morocco. The gate was commissioned by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq between 1270—1280. Bab el-Mrissa is situated 1 km southeast of Grand Mosque of Rabat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kasbah of the Udayas and Rabat.
Kasbah of the Udayas
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kasbah of the Udayas, also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah in Rabat, Morocco. It is located on a hill at the mouth of the Bou Regreg opposite Salé, and adjacent to the Medina quarter of Rabat.
Rabat
Photo: Nawalbennani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rabat, literally "Fortified Place", is the capital city of Morocco. The city of Rabat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Touarga
Town
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Touarga is a town, which is situated 3½ km south of Grand Mosque of Rabat.
Grand Mosque of Rabat
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sale, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.0403° or 34° 2′ 25″ northLongitude
-6.82744° or 6° 49′ 39″ westOpen location code
8C6M25RF+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 453091664OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q2415786
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Grand Mosque of Rabat” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Groot Moskee van Salé”
- Arabic: “المسجد الأعظم بسلا”
- Arabic: “المسجد الأعظم”
- Bengali: “সালের মহান মসজিদ”
- Catalan: “Gran Mesquita de Salé”
- Dutch: “Great Mosque of Salé”
- Dutch: “Grote Moskee van Salé”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الاعظم”
- French: “Grande mosquée de Salé”
- French: “Grande Mosquée de Salé”
- French: “Grande Mosquée”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Great Mosque of Salé”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Masjid al-Tal’a”
- Hausa: “Babban Masallacin Salé”
- Hausa: “Masjid al-Tal’a”
- Italian: “Grande moschea di Salé”
- Italian: “Grande Moschea di Salé”
- Malay: “Masjid Agung Salé”
- Moroccan Arabic: “الجامع لكبير د سلا”
- Portuguese: “Grande Mesquita de Salé”
- Russian: “Великая мечеть Сале”
- Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Salé”
- Tachelhit: “Timzgida Mqqurn n Sla”
- Turkish: “Sela Ulu Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Велика мечеть Сале”
- Urdu: “مسجد اعظم (سلا)”
- Urdu: “مسجد اعظم”
- Uzbek: “Sale katta masjidi”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد اعظم (سلا)”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد اعظم”
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Highlights include Medersa des Mérinides and Sale Bab Chaafa.
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