Name of Monument:

Hotel Excelsior

Location:

Casablanca, Morocco

Date of Monument:

1914–1916

Architect(s) / Master-builder(s):

Hippolyte-Joseph Delaporte

History:

Built between 1914 and 1916, the hotel was designed by the French architect Hippolyte-Joseph Delaporte in Neo-Moorish style. It became very popular among the mainly European elite who visited the city and settled there.

Description:

The four-storey Excelsior Hotel belongs to the style known as Neo-Moorish. The facade contains horseshoe and semi-circular windows protected by flat railings decorated with geometric motifs, some within loggias and flat and bow windows on the first floor. A balcony runs across the top floor – the roof covered in green tiles – supported by columns with capitals decorated with geometric patterns.

Citation of this web page:

"Hotel Excelsior" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;AWE;ma;8;en

MWNF Working Number: MO 008