Ancient slaughterhouses of Casablanca

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The ancient slaughterhouses of Casablanca were constructed under the French protectorate in Morocco in 1912 in the neighbourhood of Hay Mohammadi in Casablanca.

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The ancient slaughterhouses of Casablanca were constructed by architect George-Ernest Desmarest in 1912 and modernist in 1922 by Henri Prost.

They were expanded in 1951, then closed in 2002, substituted by new slaughterhouses in the periphery of Casablanca, they were inscribed in 2003 on The List of Historical Monuments and inscribed buildings.