The Almoravids’ mosque of Tlemcen—constructed, like their …
Years: 1136 - 1136
The Almoravids’ mosque of Tlemcen—constructed, like their late-eleventh century mosque at Algiers, in 1136 in a relatively sober style derived from the Great Mosque of Córdoba—features stalactite vaulting (an eastern import) and increasing use of carved plaster.
Locations
Groups
- Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
- Muslims, Sunni
- Almoravid dynasty
