{"id":2729,"date":"2013-08-14T02:25:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T06:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.francescaling.com\/scrapbook\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2014-07-24T02:25:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T06:25:54","slug":"hassan-ii-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francescaling.com\/scrapbook\/hassan-ii-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Hassan II Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"

– Casablanca, Morocco<\/p>\n

The Hassan II Mosque was completed two decades ago, in 1993. It is an impressively large mosque, completely covered in handcrafted ornamentation (read: expensive). It’s controversial, because the country is too poor to create such a huge mosque – but it is what King Hassan wanted, and so it was eventually financed. It took 7 years to complete, with tens of thousands of Moroccans laboring over the project. I’ve heard it being compared to the pyramids of Egypt…<\/p>\n

You have to say – it\u00a0is<\/em> \u00a0beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Such shiny floors!<\/p>\n

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The roof can actually open up. It’s uncertain when they do, and when they don’t, though.<\/p>\n

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Inside, looking out.<\/p>\n

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One of many panels on the underside of 2nd story seating. 5’x8′ ?<\/p>\n

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Staircase to upper level.<\/p>\n

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The whole mosque.<\/p>\n

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Ceiling of exterior wings.<\/p>\n

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Thresholds.<\/p>\n

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More of the city under construction, in the background.<\/p>\n

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Playing chase.<\/p>\n

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Scale figures, in case you were curious just how big those doors are.<\/p>\n

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There are also many rooms for bathing, filled with fountains and pools.<\/p>\n

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These are the fountains. The columns are coated in a mixture that absorbs humidity.<\/p>\n

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Ceiling above the fountains.<\/p>\n

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