Kasbah of the Udayas
Coordinates: 34°01′54.51″N 6°50′09.95″W / 34.0318083°N 6.8360972°W
The Kasbah of the Udayas is a kasbah in Rabat, Morocco. It is located at the mouth of the Bou Regreg river opposite Salé. The edifice was built in the 12th century during the reign of the Almohad Caliphate (AD 1121-1269). When the Almohads had captured Rabat and destroyed the kasbah of the Almoravid dynasty in the town, they began reconstructing it in AH 544 / AD 1150. They added a palace and a mosque and named it al-Mahdiyya, after their ancestor al-Mahdi Ibn Tumart. After the death of Yaqub al-Mansur (AH 595 / AD 1199), the kasbah was deserted.
Reign of the Almohads
The Almohads brought significant changes to the Rabat area, including the destruction and rebuilding of the Kasbah of the Udayas and turning Chellah into a royal necropolis.
World heritage status
Rabat was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on July 20, 2006 in the Cultural category. It was granted World Heritage Status in 2012.[1][2][3][4]
Gallery
Inside the Kasbah of the Udayas
Inside the Kasbah
Optical Illusion of a Kasbah Corner, Rabat, Morocco
Porte dans la Kasbah des Oudaïas
Doors of the Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco
Doors of the Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco
Doors of the Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco
Doors of the Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco
Doors of the Kasbah, Rabat, Morocco
Door frame detail, Kasbah
View from inside the Kasbah
View of ramparts from inside the Kasbah
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- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Qasba des Oudaïas - UNESCO World Heritage Centre".
- ↑ "Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage". UNESCO. 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ↑ "Rabat". World Heritage Site. September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ↑ "Rabat Named UNESCO World Heritage Site". Caribbean News Digital. 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2013-10-06.