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.
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.
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.
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
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