KING HASSAN II

MOSQUE
CASABLANCA
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SECOND LARGEST MOSQUE IN THE WORLD

COMMISSIONED BY, KING HASSAN II, TO PROVIDE
CASABLANCA WITH A SINGLE LANDMARK MONUMENT

DESIGNED BY MICHEL PINSEAU, A FRENCH ARCHITECT

BEGAN IN JULY 1986 AND ENDED ON AUGUST 30, 1993

ESTIMATED TO HAVE COST AS MUCH AS $800 MILLION

NEARLY ALL THE MATERIALS OF THE HASSAN II MOSQUE
ARE FROM MOROCCO, WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTIONS OF
THE IMPORTED WHITE GRANITE COLUMNS AND GLASS
CHANDELIERS

OVER 6,000 MOROCCAN MASTER CRAFTSMEN AND
ARTISANS WERE EMPLOYED TO WORK THESE LOCAL
MATERIALS INTO THE INTRICATE DECORATIONS THAT
EMBELLISH THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.

SITING OF THE MOSQUE WAS INSPIRED BY THE QURANIC
VERSE ON THE WORLDS CREATION AND HIS THRONE
WAS OVER THE WATERS

THE HASSAN II MOSQUE DIFFERS IN THAT WAY, ALLOWING
VISITORS OF ALL FAITHS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN
AND VIEW THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING
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THE COMPLEX IS COMPRISED OF FIVE MAIN ELEMENTS.

THE MOSQUE ITSELF CONSISTS OF
A PRAYER HALL (20,000 Sq M) WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE
25,000 WORSHIPPERS,
AREAS FOR ABLUTIONS,
THERMAL BATHS,
MEETING AND VIP ROOMS,
PRESS FACILITIES AND OTHER ANCILLARY SPACES, AND
THE TALL MINARET.

THE MADRASA IS A SEMICIRCULAR PROTRUSION CONTAINING
A QURANIC SCHOOL,
A LIBRARY SPECIALIZING IN ISLAMIC SCIENCES, AND
CONFERENCE AND AUDIO-VISUAL SPACES.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, COMPOSED OF
2 SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED BUILDINGS ALONG THE MAIN
PLAZA
THE ESPLANADE; A HUGE OPEN SPACE COVERING SOME
30,000 SQUARE METERS AND SURROUNDED BY COLUMNS, IS AN
AREA THAT CAN BE USED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE PRAYER
HALL TO ACCOMMODATE OVER 80,000 PEOPLE

TRANSPORT FACILITIES, WITH AN UNDERGROUND ROAD AND
PARKING SPACES FOR 1,100 VEHICLES AND 40 LARGE COACHES.
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LOCATED ON A PLATFORM OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; BUILT
PARTIALLY ON LAND AND PARTIALLY OVER THE OCEAN

FREE OF NOISE AND POLLUTION AND RECEIVES A FRESH BREEZE
FROM SEA

41 FOUNTAINS IN THE COURTYARD

PART OF THE MOSQUE'S FLOOR IS MADE OF GLASS;
AUTOMATED SLIDING ROOF OPENS (ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS) TO
THE HEAVENS

TALLEST STRUCTURE IN MOROCCO AND TALLEST MINARET IN THE
WORLD

AT NIGHT, LASERS SHINE A BEAM FROM THE TOP OF THE MINARET
TOWARD MECCA FOR 30 KM, "TO POINT THE WAY TO GOD.

THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND EARTHQUAKES AND
HAS A HEATED FLOOR AND ELECTRIC DOORS

DISPLAYS STRONG MOORISH INFLUENCES, BRINGING TO MIND THE
ALHAMBRA AND MEZQUITA IN SPAIN

HORSESHOE ARCHES PREVAIL BOTH IN AND OUT, AND THE WALLS
AND COLUMNS OF THE INTERIOR ARE DELICATELY CARVED IN A
VARIETY OF INTRICATE PATTERNS

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THERE IS A HUGE WOMEN'S GALLERY ON THE RIGHT AS YOU
FACE THE PRAYER AREA, WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY CARVED OF
DARK WOOD, WHICH CAN HOLD 5000 PEOPLE

THE PRAYER AREA IN THE BACK IS SPACIOUS AND CARPETED IN
RED

DOWNSTAIRS ARE TURKISH-STYLE BATHS AND FOUNTAINS FOR
WASHING

THE DOORS OPENING FROM THE SEA ARE MADE WITH
ENGRAVED BRASS AND TITANIUM FROM RUSSIA AND WEIGH 10
TONS AND ARE RESISTANT TO SALT CORROSION

THERE IS A THRONE FOR THE KING IN THE MAIN WORSHIP AREA

THE ABLUTION HALL IN THE BASEMENT HAS 41 FOUNTAINS AND
BOTH A MALE AND FEMALE HAMMAM

BLENDS ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AND MOROCCAN ELEMENTS,
AND REFLECTS MOORISH INFLUENCES

LAYOUT IS KNOWN AS THE BASILICAN PLAN

THE QIBLA WALL IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE NAVES WHICH IS
SAID TO BE AN UNCONVENTIONAL LAYOUT
WORLDS TALLEST RISING TO 210 METERS
60 STORIED
TOPPED BY A LASER BEAM
SQUARE PLAN
BASE TO THE TOP WIDTH RATIO OF 1 TO 8
GREEN TILES DECORATE THE MINARET FOR ONE THIRD OF THE HEIGHT FROM THE TOP, AND THEN TURQUOISE BLUE
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THE PRAYER HALL IS BUILT TO A RECTANGULAR PLAN OF 200 M (660 FT) LENGTH AND 1,000 M
(3,300 FT) WIDTH
THREE NAVES, PERPENDICULAR TO THE QIBLA WALL
CENTRAL NAVE OF THE HALL IS 40 M(130 FT) AND LARGER THAN THE SIDE NAVES WHICH ARE 27 M
(89 FT) HIGH
UNDULATING WITH A SUCCESSION OF NUMEROUS DOMES FROM WHICH GLASS CHANDELIERS
ARE HUNG
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HALL, THERE ARE MEZZANINE FLOORS, RESERVED FOR LADIES
THE PILLARS OF 13 METERS (43 FT) HEIGHT ARE SQUARE IN SHAPE
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THE ROOF IS RETRACTABLE, ILLUMINATING THE HALL WITH DAYTIME SUNLIGHT AND ALLOWING
WORSHIPPERS TO PRAY UNDER THE STARS ON CLEAR NIGHTS.

IT WEIGHS 1100 TONS AND CAN BE OPENED IN FIVE MINUTES
IT MEASURES 60 METERS (200 FT) HIGH, WITH AN AREA OF 3,400 SQUARE METERS (37,000 SQ FT).

THE ROOF IS COVERED WITH CAST- ALUMINIUM TILES, STRONGER AND MORE RELIABLE THAN
TRADITIONAL CERAMIC TILES, AND ABOUT 35 PERCENT LIGHTER.
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