Morocco again9 Casablanca The mosque Hassan II basement
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Casablanca is home to the Hassan II Mosque, designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau, situated on a promontory on the Atlantic. Its minaret is the world's tallest at 210 metres. The mosque is also the largest in North Africa, and the third largest in the world. The location of the Mosque was inspired by a Koranic verse declaring the “Throne of God is upon the water”. For a fee visitors are welcome be they muslim or not. This is one of the only mosques in Morocco that non-muslims may enter. There are several tours a day. The tour includes a look at the ablution pools besides the great prayer room
For finishing and religious objects, artisans throughout the kingdom assembled more than 10,000 m2 zellige representing 80 original patterns. Details of tile mosaic
Coverings marble and granite Moroccan origin represent 50 hectares in size with an average thickness of 14cm
There is a series of stairs leading down to the ablution pools. No ramps or elevators give access to this part of the Mosque
Geometric decoration on the balcony on
the passageway
to the ablution chamber on
the lower level
Copper lamp
Copper lamps
In the middle of the prayer hall, an artificial watercourse was achieved through a closed water circuit with three openings in the floor overlooking the ablution room located in the basement
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The ablution room is the room where the faithful are purified prior to their prayers, the rite of washing the hands, mouth, nose, face, forearms, head, ears and feet. It has an area of 4800 m2, it has 41 fountains including 3 large and 38 small, representing lotus flowers, and a hundred taps on the periphery
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Hammam. The ablution room and a vast public hammam are in the basement, with its own entrance
Turkish hammam in the basement (not in use). It consists of 3 rooms, a cold room, a warm room and a hot room, the temperature can reach in this last room to 47° C
At the hammam is also a heated pool with a depth of 1.5 meter pool, under a huge arch tadelak
Good bye guide!
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