-
The distinctive Le Triomphe cinema on Rue du Prince Moulay Abdallah,Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
The distinctive Le Triomphe cinema on Rue du Prince Moulay Abdallah,Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
The brightly coloured Art Deco cinema-theatre Rialto on rue Mohammed Qorri. Built in 1930 by Pierre Jabin,in its time it played host to musical stars such as Josephine Baker and Edith Piaf.
Rights-Managed
-
The brightly coloured Art Deco cinema-theatre Rialto on rue Mohammed Qorri. Built in 1930 by Pierre Jabin,in its time it played host to musical stars such as Josephine Baker and Edith Piaf.
Rights-Managed
-
Casablanca street scene at night. In the background is the distinctive Le Triomphe cinema.
Rights-Managed
-
Art Deco details on an old French colonial building on Rue Prince Moulay Abdallah,Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
Art Deco details on an old French colonial building on Rue Prince Moulay Abdallah,Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
A woman negotiates with a Grand Taxi in front of the faded Art Deco architecture of Boulevard Mohammed V,Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
The Art Deco facade of the landmark Hotel Majestic on Avenue Lalla Yacout,Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
The Mauresque architecture of the Banque de Magreb and Centre de Commerce on Boulevard Mohammed V,Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
Art Deco buildings converge on the the Rue Allah ben Abdellah in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
Art Deco buildings converge on the the Rue Allah ben Abdellah in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
The classic lines of the Hotel Excelsior on Place des Nations Unies in the heart of downtown Casablanca. It started life in 1915 as the most sophisticated hotel in the city. Today only the facade still preserves its former glory.
Rights-Managed
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
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.
Rights-Managed
-
The Cathedral du Sacre Coeur in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 by Paul Tornon,the striking exterior is dominated by three rows of butresses with gargoyles.
Rights-Managed
-
The Ancienne Prefecture (Old Police Station) on Place Mohammed V in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 in the Mauresque style,a blend of traditional Moroccan and Art Deco architecture and topped with a modernist clock tower.
Rights-Managed
-
The Ancienne Prefecture (Old Police Station) on Place Mohammed V in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 in the Mauresque style,a blend of traditional Moroccan and Art Deco architecture and topped with a modernist clock tower.
Rights-Managed
-
Part of the Twin Centre complex,a pair of 110m high office buildings in the heart of Casablanca's business district.
Rights-Managed
-
The Twin Centre,a pair of 110m high office buildings in the heart of Casablanca's business district.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
A red Petit Taxi passes through the modern business district of Gauthier in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
The view down Boulevard de Paris,Casablanca. The streets of the Ville Nouvelle are lined with Art Deco and Art Nouveau buildings built during the French colonial period.
Rights-Managed
-
-
The sun sets over Boulevard de Paris in the heart of the Ville Neuvelle,Casablanca
Rights-Managed
-
The sub-tropical Jardin Majorelle in the Ville Nouvelle of Marrakech. Designed by the French painter Jacques Majorelle who lived here from 1922 to 1962,it is now owned by the fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent. The central blue building is also home to the Museum of Islamic Art.
Rights-Managed
-
The sub-tropical Jardin Majorelle in the Ville Nouvelle of Marrakech. Designed by the French painter Jacques Majorelle who lived here from 1922 to 1962,it is now owned by the fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent. The central blue building is also home to the Museum of Islamic Art.
Rights-Managed
-
The sub-tropical Jardin Majorelle in the Ville Nouvelle of Marrakech. Designed by the French painter Jacques Majorelle who lived here from 1922 to 1962,it is now owned by the fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent. The central blue building is also home to the Museum of Islamic Art.
Rights-Managed
-
-
The Ancienne Prefecture (Old Police Station) on Place Mohammed V in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 in the Mauresque style,a blend of traditional Moroccan and Art Deco architecture and topped with a modernist clock tower.
Rights-Managed
-
The Ancienne Prefecture (Old Police Station) on Place Mohammed V in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 in the Mauresque style,a blend of traditional Moroccan and Art Deco architecture and topped with a modernist clock tower.
Rights-Managed
-
The Ancienne Prefecture (Old Police Station) on Place Mohammed V in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 in the Mauresque style,a blend of traditional Moroccan and Art Deco architecture and topped with a modernist clock tower.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Palais El Baldi,built by Ahmed al-Mansour between 1578 and 1602,was reputed to be one of the most beautiful palaces in the world at the time.
Rights-Managed
-
The Boulevard de Rachidi is typical of the wide tree lined streets in the smart Lusitania district of Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
Villa des Artes,Casablanca,featuring rotating exhibitions of Moroccan and international contemporary art. The beautiful Art Deco villa was built in 1934 as a businessman's private residence and opened as a gallery in 1999.
Rights-Managed
-
Villa des Artes,Casablanca,featuring rotating exhibitions of Moroccan and international contemporary art. The beautiful Art Deco villa was built in 1934 as a businessman's private residence and opened as a gallery in 1999.
Rights-Managed
-
Brightly coloured moroccan slippers (known as babouche) for sale in the souq of the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
Brightly coloured Moroccan slippers (known as babouche) for sale in the Souq of the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
A Moroccan woman separates the wheat from the husks using a sieve in the grain market of the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The 70m high minaret of the Koutoubia dominates the skyline of Marrakech. Built in the 12th century by Yakoub el-Mansour.
Rights-Managed
-
The Jardin Menara provides a peaceful haven on the edge of Marrakech. Created by the Almohads in the 12th century,the pavillion was added in 1869.
Rights-Managed
-
-
The luxurious El-Minzah hotel in Tangier Morocco. Built in the 1930s in the style of a Moroccan palace by Lord Bute,guests have included Winston Churchill and Barbera Hutton.
Rights-Managed
-
Taxis race through the Place de France in the centre of the Ville Nouvelle,Tangier.
Rights-Managed
-
The French consulate still resides in one of the most imposing colonial buildings in Tangier.
Rights-Managed
-
-
The Place du Tabor in the kasbah of Tangier,the highest point of the city.
Rights-Managed
-
A boy runs through the Place du Tabor in the kasbah of Tangier,the highest point of the city.
Rights-Managed
-
The Boulevard de Rachidi is typical of the wide tree lined streets in the smart Lusitania district of Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
A moroccan man walks through the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca. Built by the French in the 1930s,the architects tried to marry the best of traditional moroccan design with modern techniques and facilities. The result is an idealised but attractive version of a traditional Moroccan medina.
Rights-Managed
-
The courtyard of the Mahakma du Pasha in the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca. The building was once a palace and law courts but is now a police prefecture. It has over 60 rooms decorated with carved wooden ceilings,stuccos and stone floors.
Rights-Managed
-
The interior of the Mahakma du Pasha in the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca. The building was once a palace and law courts but is now a police prefecture. It has over 60 rooms decorated with carved wooden ceilings,stuccos and stone floors.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
The Cathedral du Sacre Coeur in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 by Paul Tornon,the striking exterior is dominated by three rows of butresses with gargoyles.
Rights-Managed
-
The Cathedral du Sacre Coeur in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 by Paul Tornon,the striking exterior is dominated by three rows of buttresses with gargoyles.
Rights-Managed
-
Moroccan carpets or tapis for sale in the Quartier Habous or New Medina in Casablanca.
Rights-Managed
-
A young man sells dried fruit from his stall in the Djemaa el Fna,Marrakech.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the third largest in the world after those at Mecca and Medina, and its minaret, at 210m, is the tallest of all.It was built to commemorate former king Hassan IIs 60th birthday in 1993.
Rights-Managed
-
A visitor is dwarfed by the towering mosaic tilework of the Hassan II Mosque. The mosque is the third largest religious monument in the world and can accommodate 25,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall.
Rights-Managed
-
A traditional transvestite dancer performs in the Djemaa el Fna,Marrakech.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
A man rides a donkey cart through the streets of the old medina,Marrakech.
Rights-Managed
-
The Palais de la Bahia was the residence of the Grand Vizier at the end of the 19th century. It's opulence aroused the envy of the Sultan,who had the palace looted on the Vizier's death.
Rights-Managed
-
The Palais de la Bahia was the residence of the Grand Vizier at the end of the 19th century. It's opulence aroused the envy of the Sultan,who had the palace looted on the Vizier's death.
Rights-Managed
-
Snails for sale at one of the many food stalls that fill the Djemma el Fna in the evening.
Rights-Managed
-
Snails for sale at one of the many food stalls that fill the Djemma el Fna in the evening.
Rights-Managed
-
-
