Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Casablanca)

Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Casablanca

Interior to the east (portal, organ)

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes ( fr.Eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes de Casablanca ) is a Roman Catholic church in Casablanca , Morocco .

The parish church was built from 1954 to 1956 according to plans by Achille Dangleterre and Gaston Zimmer. It is at Rond-Point d'Europe in Casablanca.

The arrangement of the church corresponds to a basilica oriented to the west . The most outstanding external feature of the church is a massive concrete hood, designed as a tent with elongated and sloping walls, which towers over the door openings of the church. A small crucifix is ​​attached to its highest point. The building is 60 meters long, 26 meters wide and 26 meters high. On each side there are 24 ribbon windows 17 meters high to support the concrete vault and contain stained glass.

The 800 square meter stained glass windows come from the glass artist Gabriel Loire from Chartres, who also made the stained glass windows for the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin . The colored rays of light fall through the windows into an open and airy interior.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Notre Dame de Lourdes Church - Impressive and Historic Building" on morocco.com , accessed on November 25, 2017 (English)
2. ↑ "Eglise Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes" on mutualheritage-casablanca.univ-tours.fr , accessed on November 25, 2017 (French)

Coordinates: 33 ° 34'57.6 "  N , 7 ° 36'56.7"  W.