Mosque El Atiqa

Rabat


This small mosque is Rabat's oldest. It was built in the 10th century and restored in the 18th with funds donated by an English pirate known as Ahmed El Inlisi, one of the feared Sallee Rovers. It's off-limits to non-Muslims.


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