We headed towards the Grand Mosque, whose exterior we were allowed to see as the guardian let us onto the yard. It was designed by French and Moroccan architects and it was opened in 1964 by Hassan II King of Morocco and the Senegalese President at the time Léopold Sédar Senghor.
We were told that Senegal and Morocco have a strong bond and the actual King was now paying a visit to the country as we had already noticed in the various placards spread in the city streets, as well as trough the numerous Moroccan flags placed outside the Presidential House we headed to next.
I was impressed by the size and posture of the Presidential House guardian. Had he not been black and he may well have resembled the guardians of the Houses of Parliament in the UK. He didn't even blink an eye, as he stood there firmly in an upright position in such a rather warm day.
We walked further along the street of the Presidential House to soon fall onto a baptism ceremony at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Victories, whose interior Layla and I visited briefly. I was rather impressed with the dome painting, as well as the glass windows depicting some of the Apostles in a rather modern artistic way.
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