The Palais de Justice (Law Courts) on Place Mohammed V in Casablanca. Designed by Joseph Marrast in 1925 in the Mauresque style,a blend of traditional Moroccan and Art Deco architecture. The huge central arched doorway was modeled on the Persian iwan,a vaulted hall that usually opens onto the central hall of the madersa (theological college) of a mosque.
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