Hassan Tower, Rabat
The Hassan Tower is the remains of a minaret that was started in 1195. The minaret along with the mosque were never completed, because work halted when Sultan Yacoub al-Mansour died. If the plans would have been completed, the mosque would have been the largest in the world and the minaret would have been the tallest standing almost twice as tall as it does today. The interesting part of this location for me was to see how the construction was begun, instead of just the final product which is usually what you see of a mosque. The tower, though incomplete, was beautiful and it makes me wonder how wonderful it would have been if the project was ever completed. 
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