Koutoubia Minaret - Marrakech, Morocco

🇲🇦 مرحبا بك في المغرب

Welcome to Morocco!  Bienvenue a Maroc!

This model was designed by Dany Sánchez.

The Minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque is the landmark of the Moroccan city of Marrakech.

The Koutoubia (or Kutubiyya) Mosque is the biggest and most important in Marrakech, once an imperial city and capital of Morocco. "Koutoubia" means booksellers, the mosque took this name because it is located in what used to be the neighborhood of this trade. The mosque was finished during the reign of Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansour (1184-1199). This minaret is the first of 3 sister towers; the other two being La Giralda in Seville, Spain, and the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco, both modeled after the Koutoubia.

The minaret tower is 77 meters (253 ft) in height, including the spire, itself 8 meters (26 ft) tall. Each side of the square base is 12.8 meters (42 ft) in length. The minaret is visible from a distance of 29 kilometers (18 mi) (from Wikipedia).

MiniWorld 3D is happy to bring this historical model to life as a homage to the people of Morocco. This model was created from scratch by hand and brain in parametric software to ensure printability, using photographs and blueprints to create a beautiful and stylized version of your favorite landmarks.  Please give credit, it's all about spreading culture! 

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Photo credits:  print & real location photos by Dany Sánchez.

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Printing Tips

Suggested parameters:

For better details, print slow, such as 15 or 20mm/s for outer perimeters.
Fine-tune retraction to avoid stringing.
Perimeters: 2
Top layers: 3
Infill: as low as 12%