Assunna Mosque (Arabic: مسجد السُّنَّة, Berber: ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⴰⵙⵓⵏⴰ) is a mosque designed by Jean-François Zevaco in a modernist architectural style in Casablanca, Morocco in 1966.[1][2] It features brutalist architectural elements such as raw concrete.[1] It is located at the junction of Blvd. 2 Mars and Blvd. Modibo Keïta.[1]
| Assunna Mosque | |
|---|---|
مسجد السُّنَّة (Arabic) ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⴰⵙⵓⵏⴰ (Berber) | |
 The interior courtyard of the Assunna Mosque. |
It drew inspiration from Oscar Niemeyer's Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c Dahmani, Iman; El moumni, Lahbib; Meslil, El mahdi (2019). Modern Casablanca Map. Translated by Borim, Ian. Casablanca: MAMMA Group. ISBN 978-9920-9339-0-2.
- ^ "Introduciendo la arquitectura moderna en Marruecos: Jean-François Zevaco". Arquitectura (in Spanish). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Carayol, Sébastien (26 January 2018). "Casablanca: le labo Zevaco". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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