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The King Mohammed V Mausoleum |
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Built in the 1930's, the mausoleum for King Mohammed V sits in the city of Rabat, the capital of Morocco. The city, on the Atlantic coastal plain at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg is, in its modern incarnation, a planned city of wide boulevards, spectacular public buildings and manicured gardens. The French-style city centre is known as a quiet and distinctly unMorroccan experience. The mausoleum is one of the city's most visited tourist sites
and is a classically-proportioned, white faced stone building
with a green pitched roof. In Islamic tradition, the sarcophagus
is contained in a room below ground level. On entering the mausoleum,
visitors are able to look down at the sarcophagus from a walkway
at ground level. Above this there is an intricately carved wooden
dome in gold leaf, 8m in diameter, its centre rising some 45m
above the ground.
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"... stunning refurbishment of the capital's famous tomb" Lighting Equipment News
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The use of fibre optic lighting has provided a number of advantages at the mausoleum. The precise control of light has reduced glare and enhanced the natural splendour of the surroundings. |
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