Hassan 11 Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Hassan 11 Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Photograph - Photographs
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The Hassan II Mosque or Grande Mosquée Hassan II is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest mosque in Morocco and the 13th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's tallest at 210 metres (689 ft). Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues. The minaret is 60 stories high topped by a laser, the light from which is directed towards Mecca The mosque stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic Ocean, worshippers can pray over the sea but there is no glass floor looking into the sea. The walls are of hand-crafted marble and the roof is retractable. A maximum of 105,000 worshippers can gather together for prayer: 25,000 inside the mosque hall and another 80,000 on the mosque's outside grounds.
FEATURED 5/6/18 in "Images That Excite You"
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FEATURED 5/28/21 n "ABC Group - S is for Spire and Steeple"
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the S IS FOR SPIRE AND STEEPLE themed week, MAY 10, 2021- MAY 17,, 2021. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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