See & do · Landmarks & architecture
Mahkama du Pacha
Opening hours
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Images provided by Google Places
Grand Moorish-style government building featuring mosaics, marble columns & carved cedar ceilings.via Google
An administrative building functioning as a courthouse, showcasing a masterclass in traditional Hispano-Moorish stucco and cedar wood carving.
- Good to know
- Access can be inconsistent; hiring a local guide at the entrance is highly recommended.
Reviews from Google
Fascinating architecture! Woodworking incredible! Tip- hire a local taxi to take you there. They should be able to work it out with the security for a quick look & pic or 2. Give the taxi driver 50DH to give to security for their kindness, allowing you in for a quick look. Be discreet, as it's a government working building. IE- try not to disrupt the workers. Just be respectful & you'll be fine. Enjoy.
I should have read the reviews first (I usually do but slipped up this time). You can’t get in unless you pay a local and bribe a guard. We didn’t. There’s plenty of wonderful architecture in Casablanca without having to resort to such in tactics. But the doors are worth a photo and the famous Patisserie Bennis Habous is close by.
Close on Sundays. Missed to check opening hours. Nevertheless it was great to see from outside. And we have been able to see briefly the beautiful inside when they opened the door. It’s really beautiful and we will come back once open. The Habous district deserves multiple visit for sightseeing, shopping, eating!
In fact, the search settings set by Google will lead you to a dead end without entry. The real building is a guarded government facility. There is no information on visiting hours or whatsoever. The guidebooks emphasize that you can enter it by bribing a paramilitary guard when no one is in the building. It is legally impossible to enter this building (we asked the guard).
This parliamentary and judicial building, which is also designated to host the most important ceremonies and official events, is one of the most important architectural landmarks in the city, and it is recommended to visit it during Casablanca tourism trips. It may be difficult to enter the government building, which is still in use until this moment since 1952, after 4 years of construction. Because of the daily workflow and time, however, taking pictures of the building from the outside, where the elegant and elegant architectural design is really worth suffering during tourism tours in Casablanca, in the vicinity of the place. If you are lucky enough to visit the building from the inside, you will definitely enjoy watching the white marble columns that distinguish its squares and the cedar wood ceilings that harmonize with their decorations of finely carved plaster and colorful mosaic pieces. .