Sidi Bou Abib Mosque

Tangier


Built in 1917, this Mauresque-style mosque and its colourful rose, green, blue and white minaret is an attractive sight towering above Grand Socco. Only worshippers are allowed inside beyond its keyhole-shaped green doors.


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