Hassan's Tower
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (Arabic: صومعة حسان; 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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Mausoleum of Mohammed V
Monument
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. Mausoleum of Mohammed V is situated 200 metres southeast of Hassan's Tower.
Grand Theatre of Rabat
Theatre building
Photo: XDurang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grand Theatre of Rabat is a large performing arts center under construction in Rabat, the capital city of Morocco. Grand Theatre of Rabat is situated 710 metres east of Hassan's Tower.
Chellah
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chellah or Shalla, is a medieval fortified Muslim necropolis and ancient archeological site in Rabat, Morocco, located on the south side of the Bou Regreg estuary. Chellah is situated 2 km south of Hassan's Tower.
Localities in the Area
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.
Hassan's Tower
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Moroccan cultural heritage site
- Categories: mosque, minaret, tower, building and tourism
- Location: Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, North Atlantic Coast, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.02413° or 34° 1' 27" northLongitude
-6.82278° or 6° 49' 22" westElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Height
44 metres (144 feet)Open Location Code
8C6M25FG+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 253426261OpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
9780990Wikidata ID
Q579331Hassan's Tower Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: صومعة حسان
- Arabic: مسجد ومنارة حسان
- Bashkir: Хәсән манараһы
- Basque: Hasan Dorrea
- Belarusian: Мінарэт Хасана
- 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
- English: Hassan Tower
- French: Tour Hassan
- French: tour Hassan
- German: Hassan-Turm
- Hebrew: מגדל חסאן
- Indonesian: Menara Hassan
- Italian: torre di Hassan
- Japanese: ハサン塔
- Japanese: ハッサン塔
- Korean: 하산 타워
- Korean: 하산 탑
- Latvian: Hasana tornis
- Moroccan Arabic: صمعة د حسان
- Moroccan Arabic: صومعة حسان
- Polish: Wieża Hasana
- Polish: Wieża Hassana
- Portuguese: Torre Hassan
- Portuguese: Torre de Cale
- Portuguese: Torre de Haçane
- Portuguese: Torre de Salé
- Romanian: Turnul Hassan
- Russian: Минарет Хасана
- Scots: Hassan Touer
- Spanish: Torre Hasan
- Spanish: Torre Hasán
- Swedish: Hassantornet
- Turkish: Hasan Kulesi
- Ukrainian: Мінарет Хасана
- Torre di Hassan
Localities in the Area
- BettanaSuburb
- Bab LamrissaNeighbourhood
- OcéanSuburb
- TabriquetNeighbourhood, 2½ km northeast
- MabellaNeighbourhood, 3 km south
Places in the Area
- Pont Hassan II قنطرة الحسن الثانيTram stop, 150 metres north
- Institut AL JALILBuilding, 150 metres southwest
- Fondation Mohammed V pour la solidarité170 metres southwest
- Pizza des GourmetsFast food restaurant, 170 metres west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Hassan's Tower. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.