The Grande Mosquée
Hassan II, located in
Casablanca, Morocco. It is the
largest mosque in the country and the 7th largest in the world. Its
minaret is the world’s tallest at 210 metres (689 ft). It was completed
in 1993. 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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