Grand Mosque Minaret

As mentioned, this minaret stands 200 meters tall--the tallest in the world.


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Blog: Trip to the Grand Mosque
Date: March 6th 2005

On a gorgeous, sunswept Sunday afternoon, we took Petit Taxis to visit the Grand Mosque. The statistics are oft-repeated and sometime confused--but, I believe this mosque is the third largest in the world. Located just next to the coast in Casablanca, it has the capacity for 125,000 Muslim faithful. We were given a tour along with several other English-speakers in our group. This is the only m ... read more







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