Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني, French: Grande Mosquée Hassan II) is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 14th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's second tallest minaret at 210 metres (689 ft). Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau under the guidance of King Hassan II and built by Moroccan artisans from all over the kingdom. 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 ground.
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Boulevard Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah Boulevard, Casablanca Sour Jdid
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 33.6085 ° | E -7.6327 ° |
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Mosquée Hassan II مسجد الحسن الثاني
Boulevard Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah Boulevard
20000 Casablanca, Sour Jdid
Morocco
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