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Lalla Aouda Mosque
مسجد لالة عودة (Arabic)
ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵍⴰⵍⴰ ⵄⴰⵡⴷⴰ (Berber)
Minaret of the mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
SectSunni (Maliki)
Statusactive
Location
LocationMeknes, Morocco
Geographic coordinates33°53′35″N 5°33′41.1″W / 33.89306°N 5.561417°W / 33.89306; -5.561417
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleMoroccan, Islamic
FounderAbu Yusuf Ya'qub (but subsequently remodeled by Moulay Isma'il ibn Sharif)
Date established1276 CE (first mosque); 1672-78 CE (current mosque)
Minaret(s)1

The Lalla Aouda Mosque or Mosque of Lalla 'Awda[1] (Arabic: مسجد لالة عودة, romanized: masjid lalla 'awda; Berber languages: ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵍⴰⵍⴰ ⵄⴰⵡⴷⴰ, romanized: mezgita lalla 'awda) is a large historic mosque in Meknes, Morocco. It was originally the mosque of the Marinid kasbah (citadel) of the city, built in 1276, but was subsequently remodeled into the royal mosque of the Alaouite sultan Moulay Isma'il's imperial palace in the late 17th century.[2]

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