The Tallest Religious Building

In Blvd Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, Casablanca, Morocco, locates the world’s current tallest religious building; the Hassan II mosque.

The mosque was built and partially funded by King Hassan II, to commemorate the former king’s 60^th birthday. The mosque complex was designed by a French Architect Michel Pinseau. The structure construction commenced on the 12^th of July 1986 and was completed on the 30^th of August 1993. It was built by Bouygues.

The major city landmark is the mosque’s 210m tall minaret. The entire mosque complex covers over 22 acres of land. The mosque can accommodate 25,000 worshipers inside while on the outside grounds can accommodate over 80,000 people.

For the floor, hand-carved stone and wood, intricate marble flooring and inlay. Gilded cedar ceiling and exquisite Zellige (colourful ceramic tiling). Inside the mosque, worshipers pray on a glass floor. This special feature of the mosque allows worshipers to kneel and pray over sea.

For thermal comfort; the Hassan II mosque has this features which includes heated floor, sliding roof which open’s to the sky can be seen and also an electric doors.

The openable roof on the prayer room are made of a type of 3-dimensional light metal frame, while underside is made of handcrafted wood trim treated by flocking firewall and attached to the sub-frame. It surface is covered with insulating panels and coppers.

The chandeliers are descending from the ceiling all alone. Apart from the stained glass and chandeliers which were imported from Italy, other materials like Cedar, Marble and granite were brought from different regions of the country.

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