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The Hassan II Mosque is in Casablanca and is the largest mosque in Morocco and the fifth largest in the world. Designed by French architect Michel Pinseau, it stands on the edge of the coast looking out to the Atlantic; the water can be seen through a giant glass floor with space for 25,000 worshippers. A further 80,000 can be accommodated in the mosque's adjoining grounds for a total of 105,000 worshippers present at any given time at the Hassan II mosque. Its minaret is the world's tallest at 210 m (689 ft).
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The mosque of the casbah stands to the left of Bab Agnaou. It is also known as El-Mansouria, after its builder Yakub al-Mansur, the "victorious", third sovereign of the Almohad dynasty, who became famous for having defeated the Christians in Spain.
Swimming-pool "S", "dramatic" or "Mosq"… those are the nicknames given to this establishment of industrial architecture built in 1937. The building was used as a swimming pool, a theater, a casino, a store and a restaurant. Located in a rather animated urban area, the swimming pool was initially intended for the staff of a big industrial company of the region, and afterward opened its doors to the public, welcoming many students and sports clubs of the region before its closure in 1998.
Not able to gather the necessary funds to maintain the building, the owners closed the swimming pool, then the theater on the first floor in 2004. A Muslim community took the place in 2005 in order to convert it into a mosque. Unfortunately, as time passes by as well as decay and waste accumulates more and more, it seems that the future of this former swimming pool is today uncertain …
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Piscine "S", "dramatique" ou "Mosq"… tant de pseudonymes pour désigner cet établissement d'architecture industrielle construit en 1937 et qui abrita en son sein une piscine, un théâtre, un casino, un magasin et un coin restaurant. Situé dans un quartier urbain plutôt animé, la piscine était initialement destinée au personnel d'une grande société industrielle de la région, et par la suite à toutes et tous, accueillant de nombreux écoliers et clubs sportifs de la région avant sa fermeture en 1998.
Faute de pouvoir réunir les fonds nécessaires à l'entretien du bâtiment, la piscine fut donc fermée, suivie en 2004 par le théâtre du premier étage. Récupéré en 2005 par une communauté musulmane, une reconversion du site en mosquée fut envisagée mais, le temps passant ainsi que les dégradations et l'amoncellement de déchets se cumulant, il semblerait que l'avenir de cette piscine soit de plus en plus incertain…
Mosque
مَسْجِد
A mosque (/mɒsk/; from Arabic: مَسْجِد, romanized: masjid, pronounced [masdʒid]; literally "place of ritual prostration") is a place of worship for Muslims.[1][2] Any act of worship that follows the Islamic rules of prayer can be said to create a mosque, whether or not it takes place in a special building.[2] Informal and open-air places of worship are called musalla, while mosques used for communal prayer on Fridays are known as jāmiʿ.[1] Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche (mihrab) set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (qiblah),[1] ablution facilities and minarets from which calls to prayer are issued.[1][2] The pulpit (minbar), from which the Friday sermon (khutba) is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smaller mosques.[3][1] Mosques typically have segregated spaces for men and women.[1] This basic pattern of organization has assumed different forms depending on the region, period and denomination.[2]
Mosques commonly serve as locations for prayer, Ramadan vigils, funeral services, Sufi ceremonies, marriage and business agreements, alms collection and distribution, as well as homeless shelters.[1][3] Historically, mosques were also important centers of elementary education and advanced training in religious sciences. In modern times, they have preserved their role as places of religious instruction and debate, but higher learning now generally takes place in specialized institutions.[1][3] Special importance is accorded to the Great Mosque of Mecca (center of the hajj), the Prophet's Mosque in Medina (burial place of Muhammad) and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (believed to be the site of Muhammad's ascent to heaven).[1] In the past, many mosques in the Muslim world were built over burial places of Sufi saints and other venerated figures, which has turned them into popular pilgrimage destinations.[1][2]
With the spread of Islam, mosques multiplied across the Islamic world. Sometimes churches and other temples were converted into mosques, which influenced Islamic architectural styles.[3] While most pre-modern mosques were funded by charitable endowments, modern states in the Muslim world have attempted to bring mosques under government control.[1] Increasing government regulation of large mosques has been countered by a rise of privately funded mosques of various affiliations and ideologies, many of which serve as bases for different Islamic revivalist currents and social activism.[3] Mosques have played a number of political roles. The rates of mosque attendance vary widely depending on the region.
La mosquée Koutoubia, ou mosquée des libraires, fut débutée sous la dynastie berbère des Almoravides en 1120, mais fut profondément remaniée à partir de 1162 sous l'émir Almohade Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, et devint l'un des édifices les plus caractéristiques de ce style. Son nom vient du fait qu'elle se situait dans le souk des marchands de manuscrits.
La mosquée des libraires s'organise sur un plan en T. Cette tradition existe depuis la construction de la mosquée de Kairouan au ixe siècle, et se retrouve également en Espagne. Il s'agit en fait d'un plan arabe hypostyle, c’est-à-dire comportant une grande cour entourée d'un portique et une salle de prière à colonnes. Les nefs sont perpendiculaires au mur de qibla, celle du centre étant plus large ; et la travée qui longe le mur qibli est également magnifiée, ce qui forme un T, d'où le nom. Le mihrab est traité comme une niche très profonde, et le minaret, haut de 69 m, est de section carrée, selon la tradition de l'occident musulman.
Ses 17 nefs, soutenues par de nombreux piliers blancs, abritent l'une des plus vastes salles de prière de l'Occident musulman (90 x 60 m) pouvant accueillir jusqu'à vingt mille fidèles. Le bâtiment a été restauré dans l'esprit du monument original en 1990, sous l'autorité du ministère de la Culture marocain.
- Traitement photo (normal et traitement noir et blanc). Pas de photos en HDR (High dynamic range) cette fois-ci.
The Adelaide Mosque was built in 1888, and is the oldest mosque in Australia. Its original four minarets were added in 1903.
The mosque and the guest pavilion are the two red buildings on west and east sides, respectively, of the Taj Mahal's mausoleum. They provide a perfect symmetrical balance to the architecture of the Taj Mahal complex. It is mandatory in Islam to have a place of worship close to a monument or a mausoleum.
The mosque, 64m by 24m, and built on a slightly raised platform, faces the direction of Mecca. There is a pool in front of the mosque that serves for ablutions for the worshipers. The entrance to the mosque, the Iwan, has three cusped arches. On either side of the main arched-entrance, the pishtaq (the formal gateway to the Iwan), are smaller arches. Between the three arches are four pinnacles. On the roof, above the three arches, are domes finished in white marble with gilded, inverted lotus surmounting. On each of the four corners of the mosque are chhatris, or small pavilions with an umbrella-like kiosk, finished in white marble.
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus (Arabic: جامع بني أمية الكبير, transliteration Ğām' Banī 'Umayya al-Kabīr) or formerly the Basilica of Saint John the Baptist (Greek: Βασιλική του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Βαπτιστή, transliteration Vasilikí tou Agíou Ioánni tou Vaptistí), is located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered the fourth-holiest place in Islam