An inspiring location and noble architecture
King Hassan II declared in a speech on July 9, 1980, that he wanted to “build this mosque on the water, because the throne of God was on the water. Thus, the faithful who go there to pray, to praise the Creator on solid ground, can contemplate the sky and the ocean of God.” Hence its location on the Atlantic Ocean, which can be seen through the glass floor inside. Work began in 1986. Some 6,000 of the Kingdom’s finest craftsmen, using the finest materials from all over Morocco—cedar wood from the Middle Atlas, marble from Agadir on the southern Atlantic coast—worked day and night to complete the building on August 30, 1993, the eve of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
