Central Post Office (Casablanca)
# Central Post Office (Casablanca)

The Central Post Office of Casablanca (Arabic: مكتب البريد المركزي, French: La Poste Centrale) is a post office on Boulevard de Paris and Hassan II Boulevard in Casablanca, Morocco. It was designed by Adrien Laforgue in an architectural style described as "neo-mauresque" and was constructed from 1918 to 1920 under the French Protectorate.

## History

It was the first building completed at the Place Administrative (now Muhammad V Square).

## Architecture

Albert Laprade described the building as "paradigmatic in every respect; it is clear, concise, and practical and will make any Frenchman turn green with envy."

* Joseph Marrast's 1920 plan for the Place Administrative, with the "Hotel des Postes" marked in the lower center
* The public entrance design drawing by architect Laforgue
* Post boxes, labeled in Arabic and French, in the mosaic façade of the public entrance
