What is Hassan II Mosque?
{{Infobox religious building |image= |caption= |building_name=Hassan II Mosque |location={{flagicon|MAR}} [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] |geo={{coord|33|36|26.4|N|7|37|57.2|W|region:MAR_type:landmark}} |religious_affiliation=[[Islam]] |region=[[Greater Casablanca]] |prefecture=[[Casablanca-Anfa]] |status=[[Mosque]] |website= |architect= |architecture_type=Mosque |architecture_style= |year_completed=1993 |construction_cost= |capacity=25,000 |dome_quantity=1 |dome_height_outer= |dome_dia_outer= |minaret_quantity=1 |minaret_height=210m }} The '''Hassan II Mosque''' ({{lang-ar|مسجد الحسن الثاني}}) is in [[Casablanca]]. It is the largest [[mosque]] in [[Morocco]] and the third largest mosque in the world after the [[Masjid al-Haram]] (Grand Mosque) of [[Mecca]] and the [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] (Prophet's Mosque) in [[Medina]]. It was designed by the [[France|French]] [[architect]] [[Michel Pinseau]]. It was built by [[Bouygues]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bouygues.com/us/groupe/fiches/pop_mosquee_hassan_II.html |title=Bouygues website: Hassan II Mosque |access-date=2009-04-11 |archive-date=2008-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205220948/http://www.bouygues.com/us/groupe/fiches/pop_mosquee_hassan_II.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> it stands on a [[promontory]] looking out to the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], which can be seen through a glass floor with room for 25,000 worshippers. A further 80,000 can fit in the mosque's adjoining grounds. Its [[minaret]] is the world's tallest at {{convert|210|m|ft|0}}. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Morocco]] [[Category:Casablanca]] [[Category:Mosques in Africa]] [[Category:1993 establishments in Africa]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in Morocco]]