List of mosques in Morocco
This is a list of mosques in Morocco. According to the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in 2016, there are around 41,755 mosques in Morocco, of which 16,489 are Jama Masjids, and 10,061 are specifically designated as culturally significant.[1]
Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Abu al-Hasan Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 1341[2] | |
Al-Aadam Mosque ‘Masjid Al aadam' | ![]() | Safi | 12-13th century | |
Ahl Fas Mosque | ![]() | Rabat | 18th century[3] | |
Al-Akhawayn University Mosque | Ifrane | 1995 | ||
Cheikh Al Kamel Mausoleum | ![]() | Meknes | 1776 | Preserves the tomb of Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa, a Sufi mystic and Ash'ari scholar. |
Al-Beida Mosque | ![]() | Fez | N/A | |
Al-Fath Mosque | ![]() | Kenitra | N/A | |
Al-Kawtar Mosque | ![]() | Kenitra | N/A | |
Al-Khayr Mosque | ![]() | Agadir | N/A | |
Al-Rahmah Mosque | ![]() | Fez | N/A | |
Al-Souriyin Mosque | Tangier | 1975 | ||
Al-Wusta Mosque | ![]() | Marrakesh | 1538 | Built by a Saadian vizier named 'Allish (or 'Alilsh) in 1538, later rebuilt or modified under Sultan Moulay Abd ar-Rahman in the 19th century.[4]: 429 [5] |
Ad-Doha Mosque | Casablanca | N/A | ||
Andalusian Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 860 | |
Grande Mosque (Larache) | ![]() | Larache | 1689[6] | |
Assunna Mosque | ![]() | Casablanca | 1966 | Mosque designed by Jean-François Zevaco in a modernist brutalist style. |
As-Sunna Mosque | ![]() | Kenitra | N/A | |
As-Sunna Mosque | ![]() | Rabat | 1785 | |
Bab Berdieyinne Mosque | ![]() | Meknes | 18th century | |
Bab Doukkala Mosque | ![]() | Marrakesh | 1570-71 | |
Bab Guissa Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 1760[7] | |
Barrima Mosque | Marrakesh | late 18th century | Mosque attached to the Royal Palace (Dar al-Makhzen) in Marrakesh. | |
Ben Salah Mosque | ![]() | Marrakesh | 14th century | |
Ben Youssef Mosque | ![]() | Marrakesh | 1070s | Established by Almoravids but current building was completely rebuilt by Alaouite dynasty.[8] |
Ben Youssef Mosque | Essaouira | 18th century | ||
Bou Inania Madrasa | ![]() | Fez | 1351-1356 | Built as a madrasa but gained the status of Friday mosque.[9] |
Bou Jeloud Mosque | ![]() | Fez | Between 1184 and 1199[10] | Originally the mosque of the Kasbah Bou Jeloud (which no longer exists today).[9] |
Chellah Minaret | ![]() | Rabat | 13th century | |
Chrabliyine Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 1342[11] | |
Dar El Makhzen Mosque | ![]() | Casablanca | ||
Diwan Mosque | ![]() | Fez | Between 1792 and 1822[12] | |
El-Oued Mosque | ![]() | Fez | Between 1792 and 1822 | Initially founded as a madrasa in 1323, later replaced by the current mosque. |
Grand Mosque of Asilah | ![]() | Asilah | Late 17th century[13] | |
Grand Mosque of Chefchaouen | ![]() | Chefchaouen | 1471 or 16th century | |
Grand Mosque of Fes el-Jdid | ![]() | Fez | 1276[2] | First mosque of Fes el-Jdid. Marinid sultan Abu Inan is believed to be buried here.[14] |
Grand Mosque of Meknes | ![]() | Meknes | Mid-9th century[15] | |
Grand Mosque of Tangier | ![]() | Tangier | Current building dates from 1817–18; a mosque existed on the same site earlier.[13] | |
Grand Mosque of Oujda | ![]() | Oujda | 1296[2] | |
Great Mosque (Rabat) | ![]() | Rabat | Late 13th or early 14th century | Founded by the Marinids but almost completely reconstructed in more recent periods. The current minaret dates from 1939. |
Great Mosque of Salé | Salé | 1028-1029 | ||
Great Mosque of Taza | ![]() | Taza | 1142[16] | |
Hamra Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 14th century[17][14] | |
Hassan Tower | ![]() | Rabat | 1199 | |
Hassan II Mosque | Casablanca | 1993 | ||
Kasbah Mosque of Marrakech | Marrakesh | 1185-1190 | ||
Kasbah Mosque in Tangier | ![]() | Tangier | Late 17th century (after 1684)[13] | |
Kasbah An-Nouar Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 18th century | Original date of construction is unknown. |
Kutubiyya Mosque | ![]() | Marrakesh | 1184-1199 | |
Lalla Abla Mosque | ![]() | Tangier | 2018 | |
Lalla Aouda Mosque | ![]() | Meknes | 1276 (original foundation); 1672-178 (current mosque) | Originally the mosque of the 13th-century Marinid kasbah in Meknes, it was completely rebuilt by Moulay Isma'il as part of his new imperial capital in the late 17th century. |
Lalla ez-Zhar Mosque | Fez | 1357 | ||
Lalla Ghriba Mosque | Fez | 1408 | ||
Lalla Khadija Mosque | ![]() | Kenitra | N/A | |
Loubnan Mosque | Agadir | 1969 | ||
Mohammed V Mosque | Tangier | 1983 | ||
Mohammed V Mosque | Agadir | 1988 | ||
Mohammed V Mosque | Fnideq | 2011[18] | ||
Mosque | ![]() | Louhahsa, Tlita Oulad Hamdane, Doukkala | ||
Mosque | ![]() | Taroudant | ||
Mosque | Tafraout, Maroc | |||
Mosque | Tafraout, Maroc | |||
Mosque | ![]() | Tamraght | ||
Mosque of al-Qarawiyyin | ![]() | Fez | 859 | |
Mouassine Mosque | ![]() | Marrakesh | 1572-73 | |
Moulay Abdallah Mosque | ![]() | Fez | Between 1729 and 1757[2] | A royal necropolis of the Alaouite dynasty is attached to the mosque.[14] |
Moulay Slimane Mosque | ![]() | Rabat | 1812 | |
Old Mosque (Jama' al-'Atiq) | ![]() | Rabat (Kasbah of the Udayas) | 1150 | Founded by the Almoravids but heavily restored in later periods. Current minaret dates from the 18th century.[13] |
R'cif Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 1793-1822[19] | |
Said Mosque | ![]() | Ksar el-Kebir | 1713 | |
Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani Mosque | ![]() | Fez | 18th century | |
Sidi Bou Abib Mosque | ![]() | Tangier | 1917 | |
Souq al-Ahad Mosque | ![]() | Agadir | N/A | |
Tinmal Mosque | ![]() | Tinmel | 1148[20] | No longer operating as mosque but accessible to visitors as a historical site |
Zawiya of Moulay Idris I | ![]() | Moulay Idriss Zerhoun | Probably first established in 9th century, but rebuilt and modified many times.[13] | Burial site of Idris I. Current structure dates from Alaouite period.[13] |
Zawiya of Moulay Idriss II | ![]() | Fez | First established in 9th century, but rebuilt and modified many times.[12] | Burial site of Idris II. Current structure dates from Alaouite period.[12] |
Zawiya of Sidi Abd el-Aziz | ![]() | Marrakesh | 16th century | Contains the tomb of Sidi Abd al-Aziz Abd at-Tabba', one of the Seven Saints of Marrakesh |
Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes | Marrakesh | Established after 1204 | Contains the tomb of Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (Sidi Bel Abbes), one of the Seven Saints of Marrakesh, who died in 1204. The current building around his tomb dates from the Saadian period (16th century) and later.[21] | |
Zawiya of Sidi Muhammad Ben Sliman al-Jazuli |
| Marrakesh | Established after 1523-24[4] | Contains the tomb of Muhammad al-Jazuli, one of the Seven Saints of Marrakesh |
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Mosques in Morocco
- Abu al-Hassan Mosque
- Ain al-Kheil Mosque (Al-Azhar Mosque)
- Al-Anouar Mosque (Mosque of the Sheikhs)
- Al-Beida Mosque
- Al-Hamra Mosque
- Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
- Andalusian Mosque
- Bab Guissa Mosque
- Bou Inania Madrasa
- Bou Jeloud Mosque
- Chrabliyine Mosque
- Diwan Mosque
- El-Oued Mosque
- Grand Mosque of Fes el-Jdid
- Kasbah an-Nouar Mosque
- Lalla ez-Zhar Mosque
- Lalla Ghriba Mosque
- Moulay Abdallah Mosque
- R'cif Mosque
- Zawiya of Moulay Idris II
- Zawiya of Sidi Abdelkader al-Fassi
- Zawiya of Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani
- Zawiya of Sidi Taoudi Ben Souda
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- Bab Berdieyinne Mosque
- Grand Mosque of Meknes
- Nejjarine Mosque
- Lalla Aouda Mosque
- Er-Roua Mosque
- Ahl Fas Mosque
- As-Sunna Mosque
- Hassan Tower
- Great Mosque (Rabat)
- Lalla Soukaina Mosque
- Moulay Slimane Mosque
- Moulina Mosque
- Old Mosque (Mosque of the Kasbah of the Udayas)
- Zawiya of Chellah
- Hassan II Mosque
- Al-Mohammadi Mosque
- Al-Quds Mosque
- Assunna Mosque
- Ould el-Hamra Mosque
- Great Mosque of Chefchaouen
- Great Mosque of Oujda
- Great Mosque of Salé
- Great Mosque of Taza
- Great Mosque of Asilah
- Mosque (zawiya) of Moulay Idris I
- Sidi Ben Youssef Mosque (Essaouira)
- Tinmal Mosque
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