Casablanca is the first urban metropolis of the Maghreb, an active urban center radiating and imposing from the economic, social, cultural, media, political point of view ..., one of the largest cities in Africa, one of the cities that was the most "dreamed" ... one of the cities in the world where architecture "Art Deco" carries the most beautiful traces.
Casablanca is today the economic and artistic heart of Morocco and whose socioeconomic fragilities do not prevent a fertile creativity which sees daily emerging new currents of clothing, music and urban. The Casablanca region has several rural and urban provinces such as Dar Bouazza, Bouskoura and Mohammedia.
Its heritage having been one of the largest architectural laboratories of the 20th century is slowly recovering its former glory. Partly thanks to the Tramway which not only transformed the way of moving but also the way of seeing the city. We now focus on looking at the walls and high facades of the cities, the nooks and crannies of the neighborhoods, the Art Deco buildings of the boulevards Mohammed V which constitute a straight line and perennial, spanning almost a century.
Boulevard Mohammed V (formerly Boulevard de la Gare) was born at the beginning of the 20th century with the pencil and rule of Henri Prost, architect and urban planner, and the vision of the Resident General Le Maréchal Lyauté, for whom Casablanca was a challenge. At the edge of the Tramway or while strolling along its labyrinths, a series of memory-laden buildings is pleasantly built, despite the sequels of time and the vetyness of some of them.
Boulevard Mohammed V is only one example among many others, the district of Habous, the place Mohammed V, the medina, the mosque Hassan II, ....
An imagined city, dreamed in particular by Hollywood, Casablanca is a cosmopolitan city, built and influenced by the successions of Jewish and European populations, making it an unparalleled cosmopolitan crossroads. A meeting place for all trends and designs at all levels.
Casablanca is surely the most European of Moroccan cities. The majority of the inhabitants are francophones, a good part of whom lives on European or American times for some.
Its Corniche offers for several kilometers a beautiful panorama on the Atlantic Ocean and has several cafes, hotels, mall, luxury residences, swimming pools, clubs, walks, discotheques, restaurants, ... ideal for a snack in any time of the day and rest while enjoying the sea breeze.
Arab League Park and Yasmina Park
Museum of the Villa des Arts
Place Mohammed-V: around this square stands the wilaya of Casablanca, whose Tuscan-inspired campanile attracts attention as well as the Arab-Andalusian-inspired Courthouse and a large fountain.
The Hassan II mosque, the second largest mosque in the world, the highest minaret in the world.
Medina (Bab Marrakch)
The numerous "Art Deco" facades, notably along Avenue Mohammed-V, boulevard 11 janvier ...
The Central Market
The cornice and its beaches (Aïn Dieb)
The marabout of Sidi Abderrahman
Young Musicians' Boulevard Festival, annual music concert festival in Casablanca
Casablanca Festival, annual festival organized by the municipality.
Some books in French about town :
Date de publication: 1 octobre 1998
Auteurs : Jean-louis Cohen et Monique Eleb.
Description de l'ouvrage : Chantée par les sagas de la colonisation, mise en scène par Hollywood, pôle d'attraction pour les Européens et les Marocains, Casablanca est d'abord une collection exceptionnelle d'espaces urbains, de maisons, de jardins. Les auteurs retracent de 1900 à 1960 la renaissance d'un port presque oublié et sa métamorphose en métropole tumultueuse, façonnée par toutes les cultures méditerranéennes. Les bâtiments significatifs de cette ville métisse sont analysés à partir des archives françaises et marocaines et présentés par des centaines de photographies inédites. Revivent ainsi les clients, les habitants et les architectes inventifs formant la trame humaine d'une scène incomprise mais essentielle de la modernité. Traduit en anglais en 2002, Casablanca a eu un impact incontestable sur les politiques patrimoniales marocaines. Des compléments et des précisions sont apportées à l'édition de 1998.
Date de publication: 6 octobre 2011
Série: Filigranes Hors collection
Auteurs : Marco Barbon et Yasmine Chami.
Description de l'ouvrage : Ce qui m'a frappé dès ma première rencontre avec cette mégalopole, ce fut son double visage, à la fois somptueux et misérable, élégant et décadent, franc et caché. Mes pas m'ayant amené là où cette première impression me poussait, l'objectif de mon appareil Polaroid s'est arrêté principalement sur cela... La couleur de Casablanca restera toujours pour moi le blanc maculé des murs peints à la chaux, l'odeur celle du poisson étalé sur la jetée d'un port. Les images de ce livre me paraissent empreintes, finalement, de ces deux sensations, au goût vaguement nostalgique (on ne ressent pas de bruit dans mes images : pour une fois cette ville, bruyante jusqu'à l'excès, restera silencieuse).
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