Sacred Heart Cathedral

This guide to Sacred Heart Cathedral in Casablanca opens on a night in October two thousand fifteen when strobe lights climbed the Gothic columns of an abandoned church during an electronic music festival, then rewinds to explain how a cathedral built by architect Paul Tournon for French settlers emptied out after Moroccan independence in nineteen fifty-six. It follows the building through decades as a half-forgotten school and empty shell, and lingers on the poured-concrete engineering that let Tournon build such tall, thin walls in the nineteen thirties. You'll also climb the twin towers for views out over the city and the Atlantic.