Casablanca and Rabat (Studiosus Journey Highlights of Morocco)

On our first day in Morocco, we first went to the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca in the morning.

The massive house of worship was built in the 1980s and 1990s and can accommodate 100,000 worshippers.
It is one of the two mosques in Morocco that is also accessible to non-Muslims.

The architect was French, and the building style reflects all three major monotheistic religions: the structure is an Islamic mosque with typical ornamental decorations, the three-nave colonnade hall resembles the layout of a Christian cathedral, and the women's galleries are similar to those in Jewish synagogues.

In Casablanca, there was another photo stop by the water with a view of the mosque.

Then we left the city again, as it has little worth seeing as a modern industrial city.

We continued to Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

We had some free time and visited a Catholic cathedral that we passed by by chance.

As we continued, unfortunately, heavy rain started, so we were glad that there were arcades on the grand boulevards that protected us from the weather.

With the tour group, we then visited the mausoleum where the predecessors of the current king are buried.

Directly opposite is the Hassan Tower, which was originally intended to be the minaret of a gigantic mosque that was never completed.

Numerous column remains still bear witness to the ambitious construction project.

Not far away, we also saw very modern architecture that is somewhat controversial…

We continued to the Kasbah Oudaias, the fortified part of the old town.

We first walked through the Andalusian garden and then through the blue and white alleys.

From a viewpoint, we looked out over the sea and coast before heading to our hotel.