Tinmel

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Tinmel is a historic village in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains known as the spiritual and political cradle of the Almohad dynasty and the site of the famed Tinmal Mosque.

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Tinmel canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
village ⓘ
architecturalStylePresent Almohad architecture ⓘ
Moroccan Islamic architecture ⓘ
associatedDynasty Almohad dynasty ⓘ
associatedMovement Almohad reform movement ⓘ
linked to: Almohad doctrine
associatedReligion Islam ⓘ
climate mountain climate ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site in Moroccan Islamic history ⓘ
symbol of Almohad origins ⓘ
distanceFromMarrakesh about 100 kilometres ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 1200 metres ⓘ
foundedAsBaseBy Ibn Tumart ⓘ
hasPlaceOfWorship Tinmal Mosque ⓘ
heritageStatus tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageThreat earthquakes ⓘ
erosion ⓘ
heritageUse pilgrimage site ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
historicalPeriod Almohad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty
knownFor Tinmal Mosque ⓘ
being political cradle of the Almohad dynasty ⓘ
being spiritual cradle of the Almohad dynasty ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Tamazight ⓘ
locatedIn High Atlas Mountains ⓘ
linked to: High Atlas
locatedInRegion Al Haouz Province ⓘ
Marrakesh-Safi ⓘ
locatedInValley Nfis Valley ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
mosqueBuiltUnder Abd al-Mu’min ⓘ
mosqueConstructionCentury 12th century ⓘ
mosqueFunction Friday mosque ⓘ
royal necropolis ⓘ
mosqueInfluenceOn Hassan Tower in Rabat ⓘ
Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh ⓘ
linked to: Koutoubia Mosque
mosqueNotableFeature horseshoe arches ⓘ
hypostyle prayer hall ⓘ
muqarnas decoration ⓘ
nearCity Marrakesh ⓘ
primaryConstructionMaterial rammed earth ⓘ
stone ⓘ
regionType rural ⓘ
significantEvent launch of Almohad campaigns against Almoravids ⓘ
transportAccess mountain road from Marrakesh via Asni and Ouirgane ⓘ
unescoTentativeListSince 1995 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tinmal Mosque → locatedIn → Tinmel ⓘ
Nfis Valley → near → Tinmel ⓘ