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Roots Earth in Casablanca: audio stories about 44 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 44 places in Casablanca, Morocco, in Africa. The Casablanca stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Casablanca, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

The 44 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026.

Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: casablanca.md

The 44 places in Casablanca with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. Hassan II Mosque
  2. Casablanca Cathedral (Sacre-Coeur)
  3. Mohammed V Square
  4. Royal Palace of Casablanca
  5. Old Medina of Casablanca
  6. Habous Quarter (New Medina)
  7. Church of Notre-Dame de Lourdes
  8. Mahkamat al-Pasha
  9. Casa-Port Railway Terminal
  10. El Hank Lighthouse
  11. Museum of Moroccan Judaism
  12. Abderrahman Slaoui Museum
  13. Temple Beth-El
  14. Cinema Rialto
  15. Casablanca Twin Center
  16. Casablanca Finance City
  17. Arab League Park
  18. Ain Diab and the Corniche
  19. Morocco Mall
  20. Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station
  21. Casablanca Tramway
  22. Hassan II University of Casablanca
  23. Casanearshore Park
  24. Casablanca American School
  25. Anfa
  26. Mohammed V International Airport
  27. Stade Mohammed V
  28. Sidi Belyout
  29. Bouskoura
  30. Derb Sultan
  31. Maarif
  32. Mers Sultan
  33. Hay Mohammadi
  34. Hay Hassani
  35. Sidi Moumen
  36. Ain Seba
  37. Sidi Bernoussi
  38. Derb Ghallef
  39. Al Fida
  40. Sidi Othmane
  41. Rick's Cafe
  42. Tit Mellil
  43. Mohammedia
  44. Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences

Is there an audio guide for Hassan II Mosque?

Yes. Hassan II Mosque has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

It is place 1 of the 44 Casablanca places in the app, at 33.6085, -7.6327. Every one of the other 43 places in the list above has the same two stories.

Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Earth in Casablanca

Open Roots Earth and choose Casablanca. The city has its own map of places with all 44 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order.

You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

In full

All 44 places in Casablanca, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 44 places in Casablanca, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print.

1. Hassan II Mosque

Coordinates
33.6085, -7.6327
In one line
Africa's largest mosque rises on a promontory above the Atlantic, its 210-metre minaret among the tallest on Earth. Built between 1986 and 1993 to a design by Michel Pinseau, it crowns reclaimed land at the ocean's edge.

2. Casablanca Cathedral (Sacre-Coeur)

Coordinates
33.59111, -7.62444
In one line
A white Art Deco church begun in 1930 to a design by Paul Tournon, its twin towers and concrete tracery rising near Arab League Park. Deconsecrated after Moroccan independence, it now serves as a cultural and exhibition space.

3. Mohammed V Square

Coordinates
33.5912, -7.6187
In one line
The grand civic heart of colonial Casablanca, laid out from 1916 by Henri Prost and Joseph Marrast. Monumental Moorish Revival buildings, a clock tower, and a circular fountain ring this Mauresque ensemble, locally nicknamed the Pigeons' Square.

4. Royal Palace of Casablanca

Coordinates
33.5804, -7.6055
In one line
A working royal residence in the Habous quarter, built in the 1920s by the Pertuzio brothers with gardens by Forestier. Its carved brass gates, zellij tilework, and orange-tree courtyard remain closed to the public, viewable only from outside.

5. Old Medina of Casablanca

Coordinates
33.6019, -7.6178
In one line
Casablanca's oldest quarter, rebuilt after 1755 by Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah near the port. Within its walls and gates lie low whitewashed houses, narrow lanes, old mosques, and saints' shrines, the historic core that predates the French new city.

6. Habous Quarter (New Medina)

Coordinates
33.5774, -7.6064
In one line
A planned new medina begun under the French from 1918, blending Neo-Moorish design with orderly arcades. Carved-plaster shopfronts line lanes full of olives, bookshops, and craftsmen, a living quarter that doubles as Casablanca's cultural and religious centre.

7. Church of Notre-Dame de Lourdes

Coordinates
33.58275, -7.61581
In one line
A modernist concrete church of the mid-1950s, designed by Achille Dangleterre with engineer Gaston Zimmer. Its plain exterior hides vast walls of stained glass by Gabriel Loire, one of the largest such programs in Morocco, flooding the nave with colour.

8. Mahkamat al-Pasha

Coordinates
33.578549, -7.606574
In one line
Built in the 1940s by architect Auguste Cadet, the Mahkamat al-Pasha anchors Casablanca's Habous quarter. This Mauro-Andalusian complex once served as courthouse, governor's residence, and reception hall, lavished with carved cedar, zellij tilework, and painted ceilings.

9. Casa-Port Railway Terminal

Coordinates
33.599181, -7.611875
In one line
Casablanca's seafront rail gateway first opened in 1907 and reopened, fully rebuilt, in 2014. Inaugurated by King Mohammed VI, the airy concourse handles thousands of daily travelers behind a distinctive latticework facade that filters Atlantic light across the platforms.

10. El Hank Lighthouse

Coordinates
33.61, -7.6547
In one line
Redesigned by architect Albert Laprade and lit in 1920, the El Hank Lighthouse rises 51 meters above the Atlantic coast.

11. Museum of Moroccan Judaism

Coordinates
33.5557, -7.6424
In one line
Founded in 1997 inside a former Jewish orphanage, the Museum of Moroccan Judaism is the only museum devoted to Judaism in the Arab world. Its rooms hold Torah scrolls, synagogue fittings, costumes, jewelry, and photographs documenting centuries of Jewish life in Morocco.

12. Abderrahman Slaoui Museum

Coordinates
33.59225, -7.62269
In one line
Open since 2012 in an elegant Art Deco villa, the Abderrahman Slaoui Museum displays the private collection of a Casablanca businessman and connoisseur. Highlights include Moroccan gold and Berber silver jewelry, crystal, and Morocco's largest collection of Orientalist travel posters.

13. Temple Beth-El

Coordinates
33.5968, -7.6297
In one line
Completed in 1949, Temple Beth-El is the centerpiece of Casablanca's once-vibrant Jewish community. This active Orthodox synagogue, seating around 500 worshippers, is celebrated for its luminous Chagall-inspired stained glass and remains a treasured landmark in the Sidi Belyout district.

14. Cinema Rialto

Coordinates
33.5941, -7.6144
In one line
Opened in 1929 and designed by architect Pierre Jabin, Cinema Rialto is one of Morocco's oldest cinemas and a jewel of Casablanca's Art Deco heritage. Its 1,300-seat hall once hosted Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, and Charles Aznavour during the city's entertainment golden age.

15. Casablanca Twin Center

Coordinates
33.58611, -7.63194
In one line
Twin mirrored towers rising 115 meters over the Maârif district, completed in 1998 by architect Ricardo Bofill. The 28-storey pair holds offices, a five-star hotel, and a multi-level shopping center beneath them.

16. Casablanca Finance City

Coordinates
33.5569, -7.6606
In one line
A modern business district built on the former Casablanca-Anfa Airport, launched by law in 2010. Designed as Africa's leading financial hub, it has repeatedly ranked first on the continent in the Global Financial Centres Index.

17. Arab League Park

Coordinates
33.58861, -7.62417
In one line
Casablanca's largest historic park, designed by architect Albert Laprade in the 1910s near the Sacred Heart church. Its long palm allées and pergolas, once named for Lyautey, anchor the colonial new city and were extensively renovated from 2016.

18. Ain Diab and the Corniche

Coordinates
33.5895, -7.6741
In one line
An affluent seaside neighborhood west of central Casablanca, famed for its fashionable Corniche promenade. Its beaches, hotels, and nightclubs line the Atlantic, and a Formula One Grand Prix ran on the Ain-Diab Circuit here in 1958.

19. Morocco Mall

Coordinates
33.57573, -7.70696
In one line
Africa's largest shopping mall when it opened on the Ain Diab corniche in December 2011. Spanning some 590,000 square meters with over 350 stores, it features a giant Aquadream aquarium holding a million liters of water.

20. Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station

Coordinates
33.58956, -7.59083
In one line
Casablanca's principal railway station, opened in 1923 and Morocco's largest rail hub. With 8 platforms in the Belvedere district, it became the southern terminus of the Al-Boraq high-speed line when service began in 2018.

21. Casablanca Tramway

Coordinates
33.5912, -7.6187
In one line
Morocco's longest modern tram system, opened in December 2012. Its 4 lines run for around 72 kilometers across 110 stations, operated with Alstom Citadis trams and carrying hundreds of thousands of passengers a day.

22. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Coordinates
33.5414, -7.59972
In one line
Hassan II University of Casablanca is Morocco's third-largest university, founded in 1975 and reorganized in 2014 through a major merger. Named after the late king, it serves more than 24,000 students across faculties, engineering schools, and a business school.

23. Casanearshore Park

Coordinates
33.53, -7.6508
In one line
Casanearshore Park is North Africa's largest outsourcing and IT services hub. Inaugurated in 2008 across 53 hectares, it hosts more than 100 multinational firms and roughly 20,000 professionals, anchoring Morocco's fast-growing digital economy.

24. Casablanca American School

Coordinates
33.5369, -7.6293
In one line
It teaches nursery through grade 12 in English to a largely Moroccan, multilingual student body.

25. Anfa

Coordinates
33.588, -7.642
In one line
Anfa is the ancient settlement from which Casablanca grew, founded by Berbers and traded by Romans. Destroyed by the Portuguese in 1468 and rebuilt as Casablanca in 1515, it is now an upscale district of the modern city.

26. Mohammed V International Airport

Coordinates
33.367, -7.59
In one line
Mohammed V International Airport is Morocco's busiest air gateway, south of Casablanca. Built by the United States as a wartime airfield in 1943, it now handles over 10 million passengers a year and serves as the hub for Royal Air Maroc.

27. Stade Mohammed V

Coordinates
33.58, -7.65
In one line
Stade Mohammed V is Casablanca's legendary football stadium, opened in 1955 in the Maarif district. Home to fierce rivals Raja and Wydad, it has seen crowds of 110,000 and remains one of the loudest arenas in African football.

28. Sidi Belyout

Coordinates
33.58444, -7.63722
In one line
Sidi Belyout is a central Casablanca district named after a revered saint whose name means father of the lions. One of the city's sixteen arrondissements, it stretches from the old medina toward the port and downtown boulevards.

29. Bouskoura

Coordinates
33.44889, -7.64861
In one line
Bouskoura is a fast-growing town roughly 14 kilometres south of Casablanca, best known for the vast Bouskoura-Merchich forest, a planted woodland of pine and eucalyptus that serves as the city's green lung and weekend escape.

30. Derb Sultan

Coordinates
33.56944, -7.60139
In one line
Derb Sultan is one of Casablanca's oldest and largest working-class neighbourhoods, a dense maze of markets and cafés that became a cradle of anti-colonial resistance and the birthplace, in 1949, of the football club Raja Casablanca.

31. Maarif

Coordinates
33.57, -7.63583
In one line
Maârif is one of Casablanca's liveliest districts, mixing Art Deco streets and bustling shops with the mirrored Twin Center towers and the great Stade Mohammed V, a quarter long shaped by entertainment, sport, and trade.

32. Mers Sultan

Coordinates
33.57417, -7.63139
In one line
Mers Sultan is a graceful Casablanca neighbourhood of Art Deco apartment blocks and villas around a landmark roundabout. Once the nerve centre of colonial nightlife, it was named one of the world's coolest neighbourhoods in 2024.

33. Hay Mohammadi

Coordinates
33.58694, -7.54417
In one line
Hay Mohammadi is a historic working-class district of eastern Casablanca, an industrial heartland and a cradle of the anti-colonial struggle. It gave Morocco the legendary band Nass El Ghiwane and witnessed both bloodshed and music.

34. Hay Hassani

Coordinates
33.57361, -7.67611
In one line
Hay Hassani is a large district of southwestern Casablanca, home to more than half a million people. Its coast holds the shrine of Sidi Abderrahmane, a marabout's tomb perched on a small rocky island near Aïn Diab.

35. Sidi Moumen

Coordinates
33.59472, -7.52694
In one line
Sidi Moumen is a vast neighbourhood on Casablanca's northeastern edge, long marked by shanty towns and by the 2003 bombings. Today it is also known for a cultural centre giving its young people music, theatre, and hope.

36. Ain Seba

Coordinates
33.60278, -7.54194
In one line
Aïn Sebaâ is an eastern Casablanca district that grew from the 1920s around a spring, first as a green leisure retreat nicknamed Beaulieu, then as the city's oldest industrial zone, home to its first zoo.

37. Sidi Bernoussi

Coordinates
33.60722, -7.50528
In one line
Sidi Bernoussi is a large northeastern Casablanca district named for a local saint, blending dense working-class neighbourhoods, modernized souks and a major industrial base that includes the Renault-affiliated Somaca car plant.

38. Derb Ghallef

Coordinates
33.5736, -7.6314
In one line
Derb Ghallef is Casablanca's sprawling flea market, a labyrinth of stalls famous for cheap electronics, second-hand goods and bargain finds, grown over a century from inherited land into the city's great informal bazaar.

39. Al Fida

Coordinates
33.574, -7.602
In one line
Al Fida is a dense central Casablanca arrondissement tied to the historic Derb Sultan quarter, long a hub of bustling markets, traditional crafts and a proud tradition of resistance to the colonial protectorate.

40. Sidi Othmane

Coordinates
33.567, -7.602
In one line
Sidi Othmane is a southeastern Casablanca arrondissement, conceived in the 1950s as one of urban planner Michel Ecochard's workers' cities to rehouse shanty-town residents, now a busy quarter of the Moulay Rachid district.

41. Rick's Cafe

Coordinates
33.6047, -7.6178
In one line
Rick's Café is a Casablanca restaurant and piano bar opened in 2004 by former American diplomat Kathy Kriger, recreating the gin joint from the 1942 film inside a 1930 riad near the old medina and port.

42. Tit Mellil

Coordinates
33.55389, -7.48222
In one line
Tit Mellil is a small town southeast of Casablanca, best known for its historic aerodrome, a cradle of Moroccan civil aviation where the country's first female pilot, Touria Chaoui, learned to fly.

43. Mohammedia

Coordinates
33.68333, -7.38333
In one line
Mohammedia is a coastal city northeast of Casablanca, once the fishing village of Fedala. Renamed in 1960 for King Mohammed V, it pairs an oil port and refinery with sandy beaches, a golf course, and a quiet seafront charm.

44. Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences

Coordinates
33.5414, -7.6536
In one line
Founded in 2014 by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Health Sciences, this Casablanca university trains doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and engineers across campuses in Anfa City, the Ligue Arabe district, and Bouskoura, with more than 8,000 students.

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