Nearly 25,000 rare archaeological pieces, particularly related to prehistory and paleontology, have been recovered by Morocco. These pieces had been seized by French Customs in 2005 and 2006.
The former officers’ mess in Oujda has been vandalized for a few months now. This building with an impressive architectural heritage has been subject to deterioration and theft. Public property associations are mobilizing to denounce this phenomenon.
The free transfer of the Angers mosque is dividing the community of worshippers. The mayor, concerned, is mobilizing his competent services while also seeking the services of a legal advisor.
The Ministry of the Interior has formally prohibited the demolition of buildings classified as heritage of the city of Kenitra .
The rehabilitation work on the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella, recently launched, respects the specific modern techniques of the archaeology of heritage buildings. Classified as a Moroccan historical monument in 1932, and ravaged by the earthquake of February 29, 1960, this site will rise from the ashes.
An extraordinary session of the Casablanca City Council was held on Thursday, July 23 at the Wilaya headquarters. Several decisions were made, including the rehabilitation of the Ain Sebaa zoo.
After the decision adopted last February by the Spanish Council of Ministers, it is now the turn of the Congress of Deputies (lower house of Parliament) to give its opinion on the irrevocable donation of the Grand Théâtre Cervantès in Tangier to Morocco.
The famous Moroccan singer and actor, Mohamed Bechar, widely known as Zeroual, died on Tuesday at the age of 80, after a long illness.
The butterfly, according to some beliefs, is the bearer of good news. And when it comes to a rare species, it’s even better. The Cordovan Blue, a butterfly known from southern Spain and Portugal, and whose presence was reported in the Tangier region in 1885 by John Henry Leech, has made a comeback in early March 2020, near Chefchaouen.
Rehabilitation and enhancement work on the Medina of Meknes will likely start in three months. This is, at least, what the Prefectural Tourism Council (CPT) of Meknes announced during a meeting with the International Federation of Tourism Journalists and Writers (FIJET).
On February 6, 2020, a conference on Moroccan Jewish heritage will be held in Marrakech . This meeting will be attended by several personalities from civil society and the academic community.
Considered as a human and natural heritage, the Moroccan oases are threatened with extinction. The culprit is climate change.