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Al-Qita Mosque

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Al-Qita Mosque

The Mosque of the Cat (Arabic: مسجد القطة, romanized: masjid al-qiṭṭa; or also جامع القطة) is a historic mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. It is also identified in some scholarly sources as the Moulay al-Ksour Mosque or Mawlā al-Qṣūr Mosque. The mosque is located in the Ksour neighbourhood on a major so

uk street, Souk Laksour, near the street's entrance in the Bab Ftouh area just north of Jemaa el-Fnaa. The mosque was founded by a student of Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti, a 12th-century Muslim saint or Sufi figure. The mosque's name derives from a traditional story in which the founder's cat was recruited to eliminate a rat infestation in the house of a vizier. The building was renovated in the 14th century during the Marinid Sultanate, making it one of the few surviving monuments from this period of the city, and is notable for its small but richly decorated minaret.

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