Almohad walls of Rabat

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city wall fortification historic monument

The Almohad walls of Rabat are a monumental 12th-century fortification system built under the Almohad dynasty, encircling and defining the historic core of Morocco’s capital.

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Label Occurrences
Almohad walls of Rabat canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city wall ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
adjacentTo Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bou Regreg River NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Almohad architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder Almohad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy Abu Yaqub Yusuf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaqub al-Mansur NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
culture Almohad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
defines historic core of Rabat ⓘ
endTime c. 1190s ⓘ
era medieval period ⓘ
function city enclosure ⓘ
defensive fortification ⓘ
hasPart Bab Zaer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bab al-Alou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bab al-Had NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bab er-Rouah NERFINISHED ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
parapets ⓘ
towers ⓘ
walkway ⓘ
height up to about 10 m ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument of Morocco ⓘ
inception 12th century ⓘ
length approximately 5 km ⓘ
locatedIn Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabat NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+1 ⓘ
materialUsed lime mortar ⓘ
rammed earth ⓘ
stone ⓘ
partOf Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationStatus partially preserved ⓘ
region Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor Islamic military architecture ⓘ
urban history of Rabat ⓘ
startTime c. 1150s ⓘ
surrounds historic city of Rabat ⓘ
thickness 2 to 3 m ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInscriptionYear 2012 ⓘ
usedFor city defense ⓘ
symbolic representation of Almohad power ⓘ

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Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage → hasComponent → Almohad walls of Rabat ⓘ
Almohad architecture → hasNotableExample → Almohad walls of Rabat ⓘ