Thursday, 28 July 2011

Casablanca

The richest of Morocco, but without a soul, just like this newly built, splendid mosque Hassan II, a project of an European architect, Michel Pinseau. Shining with marbles all over, the giant construction is supposed to have room for 25 000 worshipers; I didn't see any, not even one. But still, lazily, some people camp outside.





Remarkable titanium door, maybe - for the material, but not for the form - the only item escaping the strict traditionalism of the whole.



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