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The 12th century witnessed the embellishment of Muslim capitals in the Maghreb. In Marrakech, Yacoub el Mansour, during whose reign the Koutoubia was constructed, raised the mosque’s height by fifty cubits, decorated it with jasper and alabaster he imported from Spain, and added as trophies the doors of the great church in Seville, which can still be seen today at the northern entrance, studded with small bronze coins and large bolts of the same metal. He also installed two bells wrested from Spain that he suspended upside-down. At the top of the tower are four apples of fine gold attached to each other on a large iron bar. The body of the apple is made of copper covered with a large golden blade from Tiber.

Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, 836.

Kairouan.

The Golden Tower, 1172.

Seville.