Casablanca, Morocco

It was a rainy day but that did not deter us. We visited the Mosque and then walked around old town where Stacy found the best bakery.

The Hassan II Mosque is the largest mosque in Africa and the third-largest in the world. Its minaret is the world’s second tallest at 688 feet. Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues. Equipped with a 18-mile laser directed toward Mecca, the stately mosque was created in response to the Royal will to provide the Casablanca metropolis with a great spiritual monument so as to increase the presence of faith, piety, and tolerance within the urban financial center of Morocco. Located partly on the sea over nine hectares, the Hassan II Mosque is one of the most beautiful religious buildings in the world, a true masterpiece of Arab-Muslim architecture.Read more