Native Name: | مسجد المحمدي |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Festivals: | --> |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Municipality: | Casablanca |
Country: | Morocco |
Map Type: | Morocco Greater Casablanca |
Map Size: | 220px |
Coordinates: | 33.5763°N -7.6061°W |
Architect: | Auguste Cadet |
Architecture Type: | mosque |
Architecture Style: | Moroccan |
Founded By: | Mohammed V |
Established: | 12 June 1936 |
Groundbreaking: | 30 June 1934 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Capacity: | 8,000 worshippers |
Interior Area: | 3600m2 |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Al-Mohammadi Mosque [1] is a large mosque in the Habous quarter of Casablanca, Morocco. It was built circa 1935 and its construction was sponsored by Sultan Mohammed V, after whom it is named.[2] [3]
Construction on the mosque started on 30 June 1934. It was designed by architects .[4] Cadet, along with Edmond Brion, was implicated in the design of other buildings in the Habous quarter, including the nearby al-Yusufi Mosque (or Moulay Youssef Mosque). The sultan visited the construction site in August 1934 while work was being supervised by architects Abad and Ben Omar.[5] The mosque was officially inaugurated on 12 June 1936, in the presence of Mohammed V.[6]
The mosque underwent a major restoration in 2007.[7]
The building covers an area of around 3600m2 and it can accommodate up to 6000 or 8000 worshippers. Its design references traditional Moroccan Islamic architecture; the minaret is modeled on the minaret of the Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh and the courtyard is modeled on the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fes.[8]