Must See Morocco - Hassan II Mosque

North of the medina, the Hassan II Mosque is the world's third-largest religious monument. Reported to have cost 600 million, it was finished in August 1993 after 10,000 craftsmen worked on it for five years. The exterior is French inspired, but the interior is interior is all Moroccan, and powerful laser beams project from it in the direction of Mecca.

It holds 25,000 worshippers, and 80,000 more in the esplanades around it. At 210m (690ft) the minaret is visible from miles around. Cedar wood was brought in from the Middle Atlas, marble from Agadir and granite from Tafraoute.

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