Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

MOROCCO - Greeting from Moroc

Great card from Morocco. Thanks Sava for sending card from your travel.



Monday, January 26, 2015

MOROCCO - Mosquee Hassan II



"The Hassan II Mosque or Grande Mosquée Hassan II (Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني‎; nickname: "Casablanca Hajj" is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest mosque in Morocco and Africa and the 7th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's tallest at 210 metres (689 ft). Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.

The minaret is 60 stories high topped by a laser, the light from which is directed towards Mecca. The mosque stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic Ocean, the sea bed being visible through the glass floor of the building's hall. The walls are of hand-crafted marble and the roof is retractable. A maximum of 105,000 worshippers can gather together for prayer: 25,000 inside the mosque hall and another 80,000 on the mosque's outside grounds."


Friday, December 5, 2014

MOROCCO - Mosques

Casablanca (Grand Mosque HASSAN II) - Marrkesh (Place Djemaa El Fna) - Rabat (Mausolee MOHAMMED V) -  Meknes (Bab Mansour ) - FES (Mosque KARAOUIYINE)

Thank you Sophia for the nice card.



Tuesday, May 27, 2014

MOROCCO - Marrakech


"Marrakesh or Marrakech  is a major city in the northwest African nation of Morocco. It is the fourth largest city in the country after Casablanca, Rabat and Fes, and is the capital of the mid-southwestern region of Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz. Located to the north of the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains, by road Marrakesh is located 580 km (360 mi) southwest of Tangier, 327 km (203 mi) southwest of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, 239 km (149 mi) south of Casablanca, and 246 km (153 mi) northeast of Agadir."


Monday, February 10, 2014

MOROCCO - Quarzazate City

Quarzazate City, located south of Morocco. Sent by Chaymaa, Morocco.



"Ouarzazate  nicknamed The door of the desert, is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in the Souss-Massa-Drâa of southern-central Morocco. Ouarzazate is at an elevation of 1,160 metres (3,810 ft) in the middle of a bare plateau south of the High Atlas Mountains. To the south of the town is the desert."