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@_ClassicalSoul
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To highlight the scale once again - if you look closely (top right image), you will notice two men standing. They barely surpass the height of that tiny detail in that small corner of the roof. King Hassan II didn’t just commission a monumental mosque - he intentionally used the
Completed in 1993 as king Hassan II’s monumental gift to Casablanca. A city he thought was lacking in spiritual essence. He said, “I wish Casablanca to be endowed with a large, fine building of which it can be proud until the end of time ... I want to build this mosque on the
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Zooming in on medieval Morocco:
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Attarine Madrassa in Fes founded in 1325
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Here’s a secondary opinion/theory on the matter: https://t.co/OM3NxXjlD1
Il vaut mieux laisser parler les spécialistes et Mouna Hachim en est une très brillante. Source : https://t.co/KnUfgwfRaf
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Will attempt to address several points from the comments here: From Rome to China, founding stories are often infused with myths and legends. That doesn't reduce the stories to lies but rather gives them a metaphysical dimension. The full story is very difficult to verify due
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Will attempt to address several points from the comments here: From Rome to China, founding stories are often infused with myths and legends. That doesn't reduce the stories to lies but rather gives them a metaphysical dimension. The full story is very difficult to verify due
@_ClassicalSoul This is fascinating. Do you know the full story (even if it was told to you through myths), I would love to share it on my Substack
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My lineage goes back to 7 Christian men who travelled to Mecca upon hearing of a new prophet. They eventually grew convinced of his prophethood and brought back the faith to the western-most points of North Africa. That was probably 100 years before any Islamic armies set foot
We always have a discourse about Islamization in North Africa in a way that mimics European settlers in the Americas but we rarely talk about the Muslims who were fleeing persecution & corruption in the caliphates & became protégés of Amazigh leaders who extended their power
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A door whose every millimeter has been graced by a craftsmen's skilled touch. Patience manifest. 📍Fes
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The monumental scale of every next building in Washington DC is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
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I’ve done almost every great western capital you can think of (and more), Washington DC easily contends with the best of them. It’s not 1,2,3,4 monumental buildings, it every next one and its mother. From the train station to the bureau of printing and engraving, the scale is
You should travel more.
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Here are 4 different ones.
@_ClassicalSoul “every next building” and three of them are the same building
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Lowkey belongs in a museum but its just hanging out right here in this hallway:
@_ClassicalSoul That painting is really stunning!
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The monumental scale of every next building in Washington DC is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
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Nighttime walk through Georgetown University campus:
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Presidential portraits at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Library of Congress
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