There are many mosques in Morocco but this one is the second largest in all of Africa. There is room inside for twenty five thousand worshippers and eighty thousand more in the courtyard. The minaret is the second largest in the world, sixty stories high. (210 meters = 689 feet.)
On the left is a museum and on the right is a media library. There is also a madrass, (Islamic school) and a hammams (bathhouse) near the mosque. You may have to adjust your display to see the vertical format of the next video. There are controls at the bottom of the video player to view it full scale or adjust the playing speed. Turn up the volume to listen to the guide talk.
There is a line of fountains in the courtyard. (41 of them in all) They were turned off, but if they were on I might not have noticed the details in their design.
A large part of the mosque is built out over the Atlantic Ocean. A breakwall is built around it to protect it from the thirty three foot waves of the ocean. Recently, after only ten years, rework was required to the walls of the mosque to replace the rusting rebar with stainless steel and a better grade of concrete.
33 feet waves and Atlantic Ocean sounds scary.Beautiful pictures. The sky looks so lovely in the backdrop!
That is only ten meters if it sounds less scary. :0
What a fascinating post. I have always been drawn to the intricate mosaic and tile work in this culture. The craftsmanship feels almost spiritual in itself.
We recently visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, and while its beauty is undeniable, I found the experience surprisingly complex. Standing in a place where faith and power have shifted over centuries stirred something deeper than peace, a quiet reflection on how human history, belief, and art intertwine.
Your post reminded me that these sacred spaces hold stories far beyond what we see on the surface. Thank you for capturing that sense of wonder so beautifully.
Thank you. Unfortunately this tour did not take us into the mosque. I do not know if we could have taken pictures inside like they allow in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
For a review of your visit, I posted some of my pictures from the Blue Mosque a few years ago at:
https://jarvie.ca/blue-mosque/
More awesome photographs Doug! Simply breathtaking.