Casablanca - Morocco heart Bashny.Net

This town has become famous around the action thanks to Hollywood director Michael Kertitsu, who in the 1940's took the city of the same name the film. Black and white picture "Casablanca" won in its time "Oscar" for best director and screenplay.

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If you believe the film, the Casablanca - this romantic port city, in which the rich Europeans went in search of adventure.

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Modern Casablanca has little to do with the romance film. Now Casablanca - the main economic center of Morocco.

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The needs of trafficking forced in the early XX century, built on the territory of one of the largest man-made harbor in the world (its length is 3 kilometers 180 meters). And it not so long ago was built a huge international airport, whose cutting-edge runway can be considered a monument of modern architecture.

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In this city you can meet representatives of different nationalities and cultures.

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But despite the fact that in Casablanca reign of new technologies and modern skyscrapers are being built, and there remain places that remember the history of the city.

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The most famous architectural landmark of Casablanca is undoubtedly the Mosque of Hassan II. This is a grand and magnificent Muslim temple, built in from the XX century.

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Even from a distance the mosque is impressive just by its size - the height of its minaret is 200 meters. Hassan II Mosque is recognized as the highest religious building in the world: it is 30 meters higher than the pyramid of Cheops and 40 meters - the Cathedral of St. Peter.

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Inside the mosque Hassan II allowed non-Muslims, and anyone can go inside insanely beautiful prayer hall, decorated with 78 columns of pink granite. The mosque is beautiful and intricately decorated with frescoes, mosaics, stucco. You can see the intricate patterns and painting on wood. Carpet the floor slabs, intricately made from gold and green onyx marble. Prayer hall can accommodate 25,000 worshipers. And in case you would be willing to pray to God more than he can accommodate a mosque in the central part of the roof can be moved apart, and even up to 80 thousand believers can pray in the square near the mosque.

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Ancient Medina definitely worth a separate small excursions. Once the walls of her noisy bazaar. Where you can wander among small shops, souvenir shops, a small cafe, which serves real coffee.

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In the 8th century on the site of Casablanca stood Berber village Anfa, it gradually grew, and was built on the coast of the port. In the 15-16 centuries in the town settled pirates molest their attacks many coastal cities in Europe. Once the Portuguese sent his army to Anfeya, they took the city by storm and burned it. At this place they built a fort, and called it the "white house." In Spanish, it sounds like the Casa Blanca, hence the modern name of the city.

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The owner of a rich and ancient history of Casablanca - the second largest city in Africa after Cairo, his entourage is more like a Mediterranean European centers of tourism.
The modern appearance of Casablanca is woven from scatter in different directions ulits- strands strewn lengthy areas and skyscrapers, endless procession of Transport and women in mini skirts, numerous offices and banks, comfort and beautiful parks, entertainment centers, and chic restaurants.

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view of the mosque

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The central bazaar in Casablanca

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