Casablanca Morocco
The largest city of Morocco, present-day Casablanca's new city was founded in 1912, and is home to the country's chief port, its own stock exchange, and the headquarters of several major multinational companies. We started the day with a shuttle to get to the old town then walked to get to the enormous Hassan II Mosque. This enormous mosque –the seventh largest in the world and the second largest in the Islamic world. Casablanca's skyline is dominated by this massive structure. No matter where you are, you're bound to see it thanks to its attention-grabbing green-tile roof. The building's foundations lie partly on land and partly in the sea, and at one point you can see the water through a glass floor. The main hall holds 25,000 people and has a retractable roof so that it can be turned into a courtyard. The minaret is more than 650 feet high, and the mezzanine floor (which holds the women's section about 8 feet above the main floor) seems dwarfed by the nearly 200-foot-high ceiling. Still, the ceiling's enormous painted decorations appear small and delicate from below. The only guided tour on Friday takes place at 2pm and about $12 a person). While we didn't get to the city hall, we heard it was also worth seeing. We walked through the medina (old city) looking at all the items. The simple whitewashed houses of the medina, particularly those closest to the harbor, form a contrast to Morocco's economic and commercial center just a few hundred yards away. Moroccans living in more affluent areas probably rarely, go to the medina.
A kinda so so day.
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