Introduction to Karaouiyine Mosque: Karaouiyine Mosque was built in 859 AD and is one of the oldest and most important mosques in Morocco and even North Africa. The seminary attached to the mosque is considered to be the oldest university in the world. Its library has been famous as early as the Middle Ages. It has a collection of the Quran with color pictures and a large number of manuscripts and other ancient books. It is known as the "academic capital". ". Before the construction of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, the Qaraouine Mosque was the largest mosque in Morocco.
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