A graffito on the minaret of the Koutoubia

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14282391

Keywords:

Almohad, mosque, minaret, graffito, graffiti, Marrakech, Maghreb

Abstract

This article brings to light and investigates a graffito found in the Marrakech tower, the first minaret “of first-rate Almohad carving”; data collection and analysis were funded by Spain’s State Programme for Knowledge Generation and Scientific and Technological Reinforcement (Programa Estatal de Generación de Conocimiento y Fortalecimiento Científico y Tecnológico) of the R&D system of Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) through the project Atlas of Almohad Architecture (Atlas de Arquitectura Almohade: ATARAL), PID2019-111644GB-I00, currently underway. Its first results came out on the internet in February 2022.

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Published

2025-03-07

How to Cite

Almagro Gorbea, A., Almela Legorburu, Íñigo, Jiménez Martín, A., & Jiménez Sancho, Álvaro. (2025). A graffito on the minaret of the Koutoubia. Academia. Boletín De La Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernando, (126), 9–23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14282391

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No. 126: 2024

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