The Casablanca’s Lighthouse was built by the French architect Albert Laprade (1883-1978) and built from 1916, drawing inspiration from the ancient minarets. He took office in 1920 and this helped the development of the city of Casablanca, because it facilitated access to the port that was previously considered dangerous.
The lighthouse is 51 m high (with a base of 6.60 m) and has a diameter of 39 m at its base. It is equipped with a 2nd order Fresnel lens and the luminaire has 6 panels of 0.70 meters, rotating on mercury. With an intensity equivalent to 2.1 million candelas, the lighthouse has a luminous range of 30 nautical miles (about 55 kilometers). It emits three splinters grouped every 15 seconds.
The lighthouse is open to visitors and is one of the top tourist spots in Casablanca. You have to climb 256 steps to get to the upper platform.
Ps: I took this photo with my smartphone 1 year ago and publish it on Google Maps
I feel like the perspective makes it seem like I am falling down a rabbit hole! Also, thank you for the helpful information about the lighthouse. I am sure many readers will want to add this to their list of stops while traveling through the area!
I love these staircases, so simple and yet pretty! Have you seen my post 10 stunning photos of staircases from all over the world. I find them fascinating and always unique from whichever angle taken.
Thanks for your interesting post and great photo inside the Casablanca Lighthouse. Like @BorrisS I’ve been passed the lighthouse but never visited it. I’m sorry now that I didn’t.
Hi @BorrisS , thank you for your comment and support
You can find information about the lighthouse at the maintenance staff, because they know the lighthouse and its history by heart, otherwise the tourist guides delegated by the tourist office, either in the websites dedicated to the national architectural heritage known as colonial era, or you will find the info on Wikipedia and in general the story is the same!
Here is how the visit takes place, once the local staff shows you and explains you how the transmission equipment was used in the past, once the visit of the transmission equipment finished, you head to the entrance of the lighthouse for climb the spiral-shaped 256 staircases.
While you climb the stairs, the staff continues to tell you the story of the lighthouse, once you are upstairs you are explained the operation of lenses and mirrors.
This lighthouse-specific shape offers a perspective view at the bottom or top of the lighthouse. It is possible to take pictures of the outside and inside, but once at the top it is forbidden to photograph on the sea side because of a zone reserved for the national navy, for all the rest, everything can be photographed.