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It is bounded to the north by boulevard d'Anfa and Mohamed Zerktouni, to the east by avenue 2 Mars and Nador, to the south by the Casablanca urban highway, and to the west by boulevard Ghandi and Route d'El Jadida. [2] It shares the same name as its neighborhood, Maârif, which is located in the center of the city.
The two towers are one of the tallest buildings in Casablanca. They rise through 115 meters (377 ft) to a total of 28 floors each. The total floor area is 93,000 m 2 (1,001,044 sq ft), with a 7.2-meter-high (24 ft) atrium. There are 15 elevators (lifts) in the Twin Center. The towers were inaugurated in 1998 and became a landmark in Casablanca.
The Port of Casablanca is one of the largest artificial ports in Morocco and in the world, though it was eclipsed when Tangiers-Med—a cargo port 40 km east of Tangiers and the largest on the Mediterranean coast of Africa in terms of capacity—went into service in 2007. The Port of Casablanca's initial capacity was 3.5 million shipment ...
Al Fida – Mers Sultan (Arabic: الفداء - مرس السلطان) is a district of Casablanca, in the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The district covers an area of 17.9 square kilometres (6.9 square miles) and as of 2004 had 332,682 inhabitants.
The Liberty Building (Arabic: عمارة الحرية, French: Immeuble Liberté), also known as "17 Stories" (17 étages or dix-sept étages), is a 17-story residential tower in Casablanca, Morocco. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was designed by Léonard Morandi and built between 1949 and 1951. [ 4 ]
The architecture of Casablanca is diverse and historically significant. Casablanca , Morocco's economic capital, has a rich urban history and is home to many notable buildings in a variety of styles. Throughout the 20th century, architecture and urban development in Casablanca evolved in a way that was simultaneously specific to the city's ...
Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy. Casablanca is a significant financial centre, ranking 54th globally in the September 2023 Global Financial Centres Index rankings, between Brussels and Rome. [5] The Casablanca Stock Exchange is Africa's third-largest in terms of market capitalization, as of December 2022 ...