Equestrian statue of Hubert Lyautey

The equestrian statue of Hubert Lyautey is a public sculpture that commemorates Hubert Lyautey, the first resident-general of the French protectorate in Morocco, in Casablanca, Morocco.

The statue in the late 1930s or 1940s

The statue relocated in front of the French consulate-general (2005)

History

The statue was created by French sculptor François Cogné^[1] and inaugurated on 5 November 1938 in front of the city's courthouse on Casablanca's main square, now Muhammad V Square. Sultan Mohammed V, Resident-general Charles Noguès, Lyautey's widow Inès de Bourgoing, French minister Guy La Chambre, and other notables attended the ceremony, at which French Academician Louis Gillet gave a florid speech.^[2]

A Moroccan stamp of 1946 pictures the statue.^[3]

In April 1959, the statue was relocated to the grounds of the nearby French consulate-general in Casablanca, where it remains visible from the square.^[4] In 2020, a petition requested the removal of the statue from public view, given its symbolism of colonial oppression under the French protectorate regime.^[5]

See also

• Boufarik colonization monument