The statue was created by French sculptor
François Cogné and inaugurated on 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. A Moroccan stamp of 1946 pictures the statue. 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. In 2020, a petition requested the removal of the statue from public view, given its symbolism of colonial oppression under the French protectorate regime. ==See also==