List of tallest structures in Morocco
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This is a list of the tallest structures in Morocco, including dams and radio antenna as well as buildings. Many of the structures listed are located in Casablanca. This list contains completed and topped out structures located within Morocco that are over 50 metres (160 ft) in height. The list is sorted by official height; where two or more structures share the same height, equal ranking is given and the structures are then listed in alphabetical order.
Tallest structures[edit]
Tallest skyscrapers[edit]
Denotes structure that is or was once the tallest in Morocco
Denotes structure that is currently under construction
| Rank | Name | Image | Location | Height
m (ft) |
Year | Structural Type | Main Usage | Remarks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nador transmitter, Mast 1 | 
|
Nador | 380 metres (1,250 ft) | 1972 | Mast (Wired) | Radio Transmission | [1] | |
| Nador transmitter, Mast 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Azilal longwave transmitter | Azilal | 304.8 metres (1,000 ft) | Mast (Wired) | Radio Transmission | [2] | |||
| 3 | Mohammed VI Tower | 
|
Salé | 250 metres (820 ft) | 55 | 2022 | Commercial Office | [4] | |
| 4 | Noor III CSP Tower | 
|
Ourzazate | 243 metres (797 ft) | 2019 | Solar Power Tower | Third tallest solar power tower in the world | ||
| 5 | Hassan II Mosque | Casablanca | 210 metres (690 ft) | 1993 | Mosque | Mosque | Second tallest mosque in the world | ||
| 6 | Mohammed VI Bridge | 
|
Rabat | 200 metres (660 ft) | 2016 | Bridge | |||
| 7 | Sabaa Aiyoun longwave transmitter (1) | Sabaa Aiyoun | 160 metres (520 ft) | 1965 | Mast (Wired) | Radio Transmission | |||
| 8 | Ain Chock longwave transmitter (2) | Casablanca | 157 metres (515 ft) | Mast (Wired) | Radio Transmission | ||||
| 9 | Hassan I Dam | Demnate | 145 metres (476 ft) | 1986 | Dam | ||||
| 10 | Mohammedia Rafinery | Mohammedia | 140 metres (460 ft) | 1997 | Chimney | Chimney | Tallest Chimney in Morocco | ||
| 11 | Maroc Telecom HQ | Rabat | 139 metres (456 ft) | 2012 | High-Rise | Commercial Office | [5] | ||
| 12 | Casablanca Finance City Tower | Casablanca | 136 metres (446 ft) | 2019 | Skyscraper | Commercial Office | [6][7] | ||
| 13 | Bin el Ouidane Dam | 
|
Beni Mellal | 133 metres (436 ft) | 1953 | Dam | |||
| 14 | Safi Thermal Power Station | 
|
Safi | 132 metres (433 ft) | 2018 | Chimney | Chimney | Second Tallest Chimney in Morocco | |
| 15 | Sabaa Aiyoun longwave transmitter (2) | Sabaa Aiyoun | 128 metres (420 ft) | 1965 | Mast (Wired) | Radio Transmission | |||
| 16 | Ain Chock longwave transmitter (1) | Casablanca | 124.6 metres (409 ft) | Mast (Wires) | Radio Transmission | ||||
| 17 | Jorf Lasfar Thermal Power Station (3) | El Jadida | 123 metres (404 ft) | 2001 | Chimney | Chimney | Third Tallest Chimney in Morocco | ||
| Mohammedia Thermal Power Station (2) | Mohammedia | 2007 | Chimney | Chimney | Fourth Tallest Chimney in Morocco | ||||
| Sidi Bounouara longwave transmitter | El Jadida | Mast (Wired) | Radio Transmission | ||||||
| 18 | Jerada Thermal Power Station 1 & 2 | 
|
Jerada | 122 metres (400 ft) | 2017 | Chimney | Chimney | ||
| 19 | BCP Tower | Casablanca | 120 metres (390 ft) | 2022 | Skyscraper | Commercial Office | |||
| 20 | Jorf Lasfar Thermal Power Station (1) | El Jadida | 118 metres (387 ft) | 2001 | Chimney | Chimney | |||
| 21 | Mohammedia Thermal Power Station (1) | Mohammedia | 117 metres (384 ft) | 2007 | Chimney | Chimney | |||
| 22 | Casablanca Twin Center (East) | .jpg)
|
Casablanca | 115 metres (377 ft) | 1999 | Building | Commercial Office, Hotel | ||
| Casablanca Twin Center (West) | |||||||||
| Hassan II Dam | Midelt | 2005 | Dam | Dam | |||||
| 23 | AWB Tower | Casablanca | 110 metres (360 ft) | 2022 | Skyscraper | Commercial Office | |||
| Royal Mansour Hotel | Hotel | ||||||||
| 24 | ANP Tower | .jpg)
|
Casablanca | 105 metres (344 ft) | 2021 | Skyscraper | Commercial Office | ||
| 25 | Sofitel Hotel Casablanca | Casablanca | 95 metres (312 ft) | 2011 | High-Rise | Hotel | |||
| 26 | Tour Habous | Casablanca | 94 metres (308 ft) | 1974 | High-Rise | Commercial OfficeCommercial Office | |||
| 27 | Al Wahda Dam | M'jaara | 88 metres (289 ft) | 1997 | Dam | ||||
| 28 | Tour Végétal (Tour A) | Casablanca | 85 metres (279 ft) | 2018 | High-Rise | ||||
| Tour Végétal (Tour B) | 2019 | Residential | |||||||
| 29 | Tiouine Dam | Ourzazate | 84 metres (276 ft) | 2013 | Dam | [8] | |||
| 30 | Al Massira Dam | Settat | 82 metres (269 ft) | 1979 | Dam | ||||
| 31 | Novotel Hotel Casablanca | 
|
Casablanca | 80 metres (260 ft) | 2007 | High-Rise | Hotel | [1] | |
| Tour Atlas Casablanca | 
|
1971 | Commercial Office | ||||||
| 32 | Rue Sidi Belyout 30 | Casablanca | 78 metres (256 ft) | High-Rise | Residential | ||||
| 33 | Liberty Building | 
|
Casablanca | 78 metres (256 ft) | 1951 | High-Rise | Residential | ||
| 34 | Kutubiyya Mosque | 
|
Marrakesh | 77 metres (253 ft) | 1199 | Mosque | Mosque | ||
| 35 | Anfa Sky (Tower G) | Casablanca | 74 metres (243 ft) | 2017 | High-Rise | ||||
| Résidence Saâda | 
|
Rabat | Residential | ||||||
| 36 | Idris I Dam | Fes | 72 metres (236 ft) | 1974 | Dam | ||||
| 37 | Ibis Hotel | Casablanca | 71 metres (233 ft) | 2007 | High-Rise | Hotel | |||
| Immeuble OCE | Commercial Office | ||||||||
| 38 | Résidence Shemsi | Casablanca | 70.9 metres (233 ft) | High-Rise | Residential | ||||
| 39 | El Kansera Dam | Sidi Slimane | 68 metres (223 ft) | 1946 | Dam | ||||
| 40 | Golden Tulip Hotel Farah Casablanca | Casablanca | 67 metres (220 ft) | High-Rise | Hotel | ||||
| Grand Mogador City Center | 2010 | ||||||||
| Villas Paquet | 1952 | Residential | |||||||
| 41 | Mohamed V Dam | Zaio | 64 metres (210 ft) | 1967 | Dam | ||||
| 42 | Ave des Forces Armées Royales 46 | Casablanca | 63 metres (207 ft) | High-Rise | |||||
| Ave des Forces Armées Royales 44 | |||||||||
| Ave des Forces Aucilliaires 30 | |||||||||
| BCNI | |||||||||
| Crowne Plaza Casablanca Hotel | |||||||||
| Idou Anfa Hotel | |||||||||
| RMA Watanya 1 | |||||||||
| RMA Watanya 2 | Commercial Office | ||||||||
| Sheraton Casablanca | Hotel | ||||||||
| Tour Oceanes 3 | Rental Apartments, Hotel | ||||||||
| 43 | The View Hotel & Forum | Rabat | 62 metres (203 ft) | 2016 | High-Rise | Hotel | |||
| 44 | Allal al Fassi Dam | Sefrou | 61 metres (200 ft) | 1991 | Dam | ||||
| 47 | CIMR Tower | Casablanca | 60 metres (200 ft) | 2020 | High-Rise | Commercial Office | |||
| 45 | Ave des Forces Armées Royales 42 | Casablanca | 59.1 metres (194 ft) | High-Rise | |||||
| Ave des Forces Auxiliaries 28 | |||||||||
| Hotel Barcelo | Hotel | ||||||||
| Résidence Anafe A | |||||||||
| Résidence Anafe B | |||||||||
| Résidence Ibn Zaidoun | Residential | ||||||||
| Résidences Louise | |||||||||
| The Park Anfa Condominium | |||||||||
| 46 | ANCFCC | Rabat | 58.3 metres (191 ft) | 2019 | High-Rise | Governmental Office | |||
| 47 | Tour CDG | Rabat | 58 metres (190 ft) | High-Rise | Governmental Office | ||||
| 48 | Palais Mirabeau | Casablanca | 55.1 metres (181 ft) | 1954 | High-Rise | Residential | |||
| 49 | El Kandara Hotel | Casablanca | 51.2 metres (168 ft) | 1986 | High-Rise | Hotel | |||
| Immeuble Al Wahda | Commercial Office | ||||||||
| Romandie | 1952 | Residential | |||||||
| 50 | Tour Bâtiment Urbain | Fes | 50 metres (160 ft) | High-Rise | Commercial Office, Residential |
Under construction[edit]
| Rank | Name | Image | Location | Height m (ft) |
Year | Structural Type | Main Use | Remarks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nabrawind Wind Turbine | 144 metres (472 ft) | 2020 | Wind Turbine | |||||
| 7 | Capital Tower Casablanca | Casablanca | 80 metres (260 ft) | 2022 | High-Rise | Residential | [9] | ||
| 8 | Bo 52, Tower I | Casablanca | 63.02 metres (206.8 ft) | 2021 | High-Rise | Residential | |||
| 10 | Le Meridien Marhaba - Casablanca | Casablanca | 59.08 metres (193.8 ft) | High-Rise | Hotel | ||||
| 11 | Bo 52, Tower II | Casablanca | 51.2 metres (168 ft) | 2021 | High-Rise | Residential |
On-hold, approved or proposed[edit]
| Rank | Name | Location | Height m (ft) |
Status | Structural Type | Main Use | Remarks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Noor Tower | Casablanca | 540 metres (1,770 ft) | Proposed | Skyscraper | [10] | ||
| 2 | Sand Tower | Merzouga | 450 metres (1,480 ft) | Proposed | Skyscraper | [11] | ||
| 3 | Forom Elite Tower | Casablanca | 201 metres (659 ft) | Proposed | Skyscraper | [12] | ||
| 4 | Othmane Benjelloun Bouregreg | Rabat | 200 metres (660 ft) | Proposed | Skyscraper | [13] | ||
| 5 | Casablanca Trade Center | Casablanca | Proposed | Skyscraper | [14] | |||
| 6 | FinanceCom Complex | Casablanca | 199 metres (653 ft) | Proposed | Skyscraper | [citation needed] | ||
| 7 | JW Marriott Hotel | Casablanca | 167 metres (548 ft) | On-hold | Skyscraper | [15] | ||
| 8 | La Tour Casa Nearshore | Casablanca | 160 metres (520 ft) | On-hold | Skyscraper | [16] | ||
| 9 | Atlantic Tower | Casablanca | 150 metres (490 ft) | On-hold | Skyscraper | [citation needed] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Azilal Longwave Transmission Mast (Azilal)". Structurae. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "Le Maroc lance la construction de la "plus haute tour d'Afrique"". VOA (in French). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ "Mohammed VI Tower, Salé | 1432490 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ GmbH, Emporis. "Maroc Telecom Headquarters, Rabat | 1191858 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Casablanca Finance City". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ "Morphosis Architects diseña nueva torre financiera en Casablanca". plataformaarquitectura.cl. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^ "Tiouine Dam, Morocco". www.heidelbergcement.com. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ "Capital Tower". Capital Tower. 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Al Noor Tower". alnoortower.
- ^ "La ville tour des sables". MANAL RACHDI. Archived from the original on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ^ "Forom Elite Tower I, Casablanca - 1243969 - EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019.
- ^ "Othman Benjelloun construirait une tour de 65 étages à Rabat". Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Casablanca Trade Center, Casablanca - SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com.
- ^ "Hôtels de luxe - CASABLANCA MARINA". www.casablancamarina.ma. Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ "La Tour Casa Nearshore". Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2011-01-26.