Place of the United Nations - Here, under the walls of the old medina, there was, at the beginning of the century, only a grey zone where was held the souk. It very fast became the heart of the modern town. The big arteries converge there, grouping around the place the multicolored general stores (boulevard Houphouèt-Boigny), luxury hotels, banks, travel agencies (avenue des FAR), cinemas, breweries and luxury businesses (boulevard Mohammed V and adjacent streets). Leave by the boulevard Mohammed V. then take to the right the street Moha Smiha, and by the street of Strasbourg then Mediouna's road, gain(win) the yard Victor-Hugo (Southeast of the plan). Having followed the palace of king, one reaches(affects) the new medina. By the street which goes down(falls) to the left of Mahakma of the Pasha, one uncorks in the place of the mosque Mohammed V where one will leave the car.

A museum for the Moroccan Judaism It(he) is in the course of organization, since 1998 , in a former(ancient) orphanage situated in the district of the Oasis. The purposes? To collect and to show to the public any objects of the daily life, jewels, objects of cult, clothes, furnitures, tables(pictures) and photos testifying of the Jewish presence in Morocco, often scattered, It is a question of redrawing the life of this community, integral part of the history and the culture of Morocco, in particular in the places of long urban tradition as Fes or Tetouan. If the Moroccan Jewish community lost of its quantitative importance today, it does not there remain less that(than) its cultural inheritance is more and more claimed by the Moroccans today, and that(than) number of Jews native of Morocco return to it in search of their domestic roots, Two documents appeared recently will help you to familiarize you ave c the history and the original lines(features) of the Moroccan Jewish civilization a book, Two thousand years of Jewish life in Morocco, by Haïm Zefrani in the publishing(editions) EDDIF, as well as an entitled CD-ROM The Jews of Morocco, published(edited) by the Department of history of the university of Quebec - Montreal, e-mail cohenyolande@uqam.ca. Moroccan Jewish museum 51. Street Abu Dhabi, Phone : O2 2 99 49 40

Church N.-D.-de-Lourdes - This modern church, high concrete vessel was finished in 1956 on Mr Dangleterre's plans. The inside deserves seen for the tint(coloring) of its windows, due to Gabriel Loire, boss glassworker in Chartres, contrasting with the wooden cover of the choir. Indeed, besides the long bays(berries) which light(enlighten) laterally the main nef, the walls of shoulders are completely formed by panels of stained glass: on bottom " hidden Moroccan " are illustrated, to the left, the dogma of Spotless Conception and the appearances of Heavy, to the right, the other appearances of the Virgo. Lower(go down) the avenue of Seas - sultan jusqu ' in the roundabout and take to the left, levard A.-Reitzer, cross the avenue Hassan II and take the boulevard Youssef.

Park of the Arabic League - You will take pleasure to promenade, away from the excitement of the city, in this magnificent walk at expenses shades, bigger green space of Casablanca. In the street of Algiers. On the right-hand side, rises the ancient(former) cathedral of the Sacred Heart, the magnificent piece of architecture of the 30s, regrettably neglected more or less. Leaving the car, please , take time to cross(go through) on foot the streets of Algiers and Curie (inside the park), as well as the boulevard Brahim Roudani which follows upon him(her), where numerous art galleries, as well as beautiful villas déco nent art the attention.

Museum of the Villa of the Arts - Installed(settled) in a beautiful villa of the 30s. Almost in the angle of boulevards Roudani and Zerktouni, the Villa of the arts presents by movement about sixty contemporary works among some collected 800 cultural foundation of the ONA, what makes(does) the first sketch of the Moroccan museum of modern and contemporary art of it so waited by the creators. The visit will allow to get acquainted with the main personalities of the Moroccan painting and to discover tables(pictures) of both pioneers of the modern painting, Ahmed Cherkaoui Gharbaoui, as well as some of their successors, such as Mohammed Kacint Belkahia and, especially, Mohammed Serghini, abundantly represented. A resource center, a public studio and a pleasant cafeteria add to the charm of this place, which posts(shows) the ambition to be a meeting place among the artists and the public. Resume the car. Turn to the right and join the avenue Hassan II, the beautiful artery which lowers(goes down) towards the place Mohammed V where one will park the car.

Place Mohammed V - It groups the buildings(ships) of the main administrative departments, in the beautiful whole modern Moslem architecture inspired by the national traditions. On the West, a monumental fountain was built in 1976: at certain hours, one can there admire the brilliant games of water accompanied with Arabic, European or Asian musics. On the other side of the avenue Hassan II, the part(party) is of the place is fitted out in a public garden that line very harmonious law court and the Prefecture. Between these two buildings(ships), the statue of the marshal Lyautey found refuge behind the railings(bars) of the consulate of France it is François Cogné's work, the sculptor of the Clemenceau of Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Prefecture - This building, which distinguishes itself by far by its high tower of 50 m, shelters Wilaya of Big Casablanca. It(he) was built in the 30s and inaugurated collectively by the sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef and the president of the French Republic Albert Lebrun. Inside the building(ship), decorated with a tropical garden, one can see, framing(supervising) the double main staircase, two Jacques Majorelle's monumental paintings (seeing in Marrakesh) representative Le Moussem and The Haouache. Having resumed the car, to continue to follow the avenue Hassan Il which goes down(falls) towards the full of life district of the place of the United Nations.

Mosque Hassan II - The boulevard Sour-Jdid or the boulevard Sidi-Mohammed Ben-Abdellah which goes along(follows) the ledge leads(drives) to the biggest mosque of the world after that of Mecca (a subway allows to reach parkings). This architectural masterpiece, symbol of an Islam opened on the world and on the science according to Hassan II's wish, was built partially on the water, to the extreme point of the Maghreb. Conceived by the French architect Michel Pinseau ( 1924-1999 ), the religious building contains at the first floor an oblong room of prayers of a perfect symmetry. Supported by seventy-eight pillars where the granite, the marble and the onyx mix their reflections, this room put on(beaten) by a roof covered with emerald green tiles(blows) - colour symbol of the spiritual plenitude in earth(ground) of Islam - is susceptible to welcome 20000 believers(regular customers) inside, and 80000 on the esplanade which prolongs her(it). Embeded in the axis of the facade the South, the minaret, heightened by a jamour equipped with a laser beam of a reach of 30 km realizing Qibla (direction(management) of Mecca), peaks in 200 m over the sea, Besides the cleanly said mosque, this religious and cultural set(group), built according to antiseismic standards and financed partially by the Moroccan people within the framework of a national signature, contains a médersa, a library, a national museum and immense lecture halls. The set(group), magnificently decorated with the artisans come from all Morocco, deserves the admiration: frescoes and zelliges in the geometrical motives, painted and sculptured wood, stuccos to the inextricable drawings, the arabesques in the drawn or written in a decorative hand , colour motives brilliant, everything testifies of the talent and the innovative spirit of the Moroccan artists. Resume the car. Continue to follow Ocean, to leave to the right the lighthouse and El-Hank's rocky point: The beautiful beach is lined with numerous establishments of baths and a whole rosary of swimming pools.

Âïn-Diab - Âïn-Diab's sea resort, the point of which offers a beautiful sight on the Ocean and the rib(coast), possesses a beach of fine sand fitted out. Around her(it), villas, hotels, restaurants, cabarets and dance halls are the meeting of Casablancais. One can push along the rib(coast), in 3 km, up to the marabout very frequented by Sidi-Abd-er-Rahmane, worshipped sanctuary, built on an accessible(approachable) cliff only in ebb tide. Anfa - On the road of return, Anfa is an elegant residentiel district built on a hill dominating all the city. One will appreciate the flowery main avenues, the green parks and especially the magnificent villas with which the variety illustrates the evolution of the architectural conceptions of the 30s in our days. In January, 1943, two months after the English - American landing on the coasts of North Africa, Anfa lives to take place - among the president Roosevelt and Winston Churchill - the conference of Casablanca, during which the date of the landing allied on the French coasts was fixed to spring, 1944. In this occasion was fitted out the difficult meeting among the generals de Gaulle and Giraud. It is as well for Anfa as Roosevelt received secretly the sultan Mohammed V to speak to him of the future of Morocco. By-passing the racecourse. One will return to the place of the United Nations.

Ancient(former) medina - Leave the place of the United Nations and follow on foot the route indicated on the plan. Offering a seizing contrast with the modern arteries which you crossed(went through) up to here, she(it) will give you, if you, please , do not can visit the medinas of the big cities from the inside of Morocco, the outline of what was a Moslem city in the last centuries. Entering by the street Chakib-Arsalane, you will cross(go through) a labyrinth of alleys swarming with people, lined with workshops of storekeepers and artisans. One walks past the jemaa ech Chleuh. Returning southward by the boulevard Tahar-el-Alaoui which goes along(follows) the old ramparts, please , notice, to the right, the funny adaptation of barbers' shops. Then, crossing(exceeding) the wall by the door of Marrakesh, you will take immediately to the right the street Dar-el-Toubib. This street sinks into the mellah lined with butchers' shops, it is one of the most alive and of the most curious about this former(ancient) Jewish district. In the extremity, please , follow the street of Synagogues then turn to the left in the street Jemaa-es-Sou which will return to the place of the United Nations.

The Port - The natural conditions were not, here , favorable to the realization of a big port(bearing). And the works begun in 1907 were unmistakably insufficient. Everything was to make(do) when Lyautey landed in Casablanca. The stubbornness of the general résiden got through(overcame) difficulties which could seem insuperable (the swell took repeatedly the works in construction) as in the opinion of the experts. From 1930, with a traffic of 3 million tons, the port(bearing) was known all over the world, and its tonnage was only increasing since then. First port(bearing) phosphatier of the world, it(he) is also very active, in the export, in the sector of citrus fruits and scoops, whereas the main imports concern hydrocarbons, cereal and steel-making and chemical products. Besides more than 50000 passengers land there or embark every year. In the second row(rank) of the ports(bearings) of the Maghreb. It(he) seems called to a more brilliant future still, because one has already begun to double the surface of its installations, by fitting out notably a new air terminal with containers in the outer harbour.