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The Arab League Park () is an
The French architect and urban planner Albert Laprade was appointed to redesign the central park of the city under the supervision of Henri Prost in 1913. It was named ''Parc Lyautey'' in honor of Hubert Lyautey, the first French '' résident général'' in Morocco.
Lyautey moved some arches from the old Portuguese prison, also known as the Prison of Anfa, east toward what is now Hassan II Boulevard, to decorate the park, serving as a support for a
urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...
in Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
. It is located in the center of the city, west of Hassan II Boulevard, east of Roudani Boulevard and Algiers Street, and south east of the Church of the Sacred Heart. The park covers 30 acres of land, and is bisected by Moulay Youssef Boulevard. , it remains officially closed to the public after renovations started March 2016, though it was expected to open September 2018.
History
The French architect and urban planner Albert Laprade was appointed to redesign the central park of the city under the supervision of Henri Prost in 1913. It was named ''Parc Lyautey'' in honor of Hubert Lyautey, the first French '' résident général'' in Morocco.
Lyautey moved some arches from the old Portuguese prison, also known as the Prison of Anfa, east toward what is now Hassan II Boulevard, to decorate the park, serving as a support for a pergola
A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained. T ...
.{{Cite book, title=Histoire de Casablanca: des origines à 1914, last=Adam, first=André, publisher=Ophrys, year=1968, location=Aix-en-Provence, pages=59
''Parc Yasmina'', an amusement park, was established on Moulay Youssef Boulevard in the 1950s, but it had fallen into disrepair and abandon by the time renovations started.
Cost of 2016–2019 renovations
The cost of the park renovations 2016–present is estimated at 100 million Moroccan dirhams.References