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PMR-D7628 Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers. One of the polychrome faience panels with geometrical motifs on the arched gallery. Keywords: Africa, tiles, colourful, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is

the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
One of the polychrome faience panels with geometrical motifs on the arched gallery.
Keywords: Africa, tiles, colourful, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol