Grande Mosquée Hassan II
The Hassan II Mosque or Grande Mosquée Hassan II "Casablanca Hajj" colloquial,
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a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest mosque in Morocco and the 7th 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, the sea bed being visible through the glass floor of the
building's hall. 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.
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