Brick by brick, Morocco rebuilds 12th-century mosque destroyed by 2023 quake
Voice of America
Recovered pieces of the Great Mosque of Tinmel, which suffered significant damage during a 2023 earthquake, are collected in the Atlas mountain village of Tinmel, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Sept. 5, 2024. The interior of the Great Mosque of Tinmel is seen in the Atlas mountain village of Tinmel, outside Marrakech, Morocco, in 2022. Construction materials are stacked outside the Great Mosque of Tinmel, which suffered significant damage during a 2023 earthquake, in the Atlas mountain village of Tinmel, Morocco, Sept. 5, 2024. A tent for people displaced by the 2023 earthquake sits next to solar panels, in the Atlas mountain village of Tinmel, Morocco, Sept. 5, 2024. A wooden structure supports the interior part of the Great Mosque of Tinmel, which dates to the 12th century and suffered significant damage during the 2023 earthquake, in the Atlas mountain village of Tinmel, Morocco, Sept. 5, 2024.
The hand-carved domes and brick-laid arches had almost all been put back together when an earthquake shook Morocco so violently that they caved in on themselves and crashed to the earth.
