The 12th-century mosque was built where the Almohad dynasty established its first capital in a remote Atlas valley before going on to Marrakech, proclaim its leader Caliph.
Morocco's deadly earthquake badly damaged one of the most important historical sites in the High Atlas mountains, an earth and stone mosque built by a medieval dynasty that conquered North Africa and Spain.
Responding to a Reuters question about the reported damage to Tinmel, a Moroccan Culture Ministry source said"The ministry has decided to restore it and will make budget for it", without giving details. The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO said it had heard of"very important destructions to the Tinmel Mosque", which it added had been proposed for listing as a World Heritage site, but added it was still waiting to send a team to assess the damage.
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