Save on your hotel - HotelsCombined.com
Home >> Africa >> Morocco >> Casablanca
 
On our way out of Morocco, we stopped in Casablanca to visit the Hassan II Mosque. It is the third-largest Mosque in existence. It was built from 1980 to 1994.
On our way out of Morocco, we stopped in Casablanca to visit the Hassan II Mosque. It is the third-largest Mosque in existence. It was built from 1980 to 1994.
It cost over 1 billion dollars US to build - much of it funded by Moroccans through "universal voluntary conscription".
It cost over 1 billion dollars US to build - much of it funded by Moroccans through "universal voluntary conscription".
It is the only Mosque in Morocco to allow non-Arabs inside. (for a steep price!)
It is the only Mosque in Morocco to allow non-Arabs inside. (for a steep price!)
25,000 people can fit inside, and outside in the courtyard, another 80,000.
25,000 people can fit inside, and outside in the courtyard, another 80,000.
The craftmanship is incredible.
The craftmanship is incredible.
The floor is heated, the hall has a huge retractable roof, and a 20 mile long laser beam shoots from the minaret toward Mecca.
The floor is heated, the hall has a huge retractable roof, and a 20 mile long laser beam shoots from the minaret toward Mecca.