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00:00:06of God
00:00:27And finally, we reached our goal after a great effort.
00:00:31We are now at the top of Jabal Ayashi.
00:00:48The scene of the natural landscapes extending in front of us from above
00:00:51was huge
00:00:52and astonishing.
00:00:57Awesome, uninterrupted except by the blowing wind
00:01:00and the beating of tired hearts.
00:01:02From
00:01:06this unique geography, the splendor of Midelt's nature
00:01:10and its cultural heritage inherited through
00:01:13the ages is revealed. The region's immense potential
00:01:17will surely make tourists from all over the world flock
00:01:21to this Moroccan margin to experience such
00:01:24unique experiences, if serious revenues were available
00:01:28to invest in the region's capabilities.
00:01:54what a museum is and what to discover in
00:02:00In everything, so that we can achieve this tourism
00:02:03development, we must design
00:02:05and economic role here in hotel unit plans at the rural level
00:02:08that will be built in the region
00:02:11and develop appropriate tourist
00:02:14routes. For example, the region of
00:02:18Ait Ayash is a region with enormous potential
00:02:21and there are paths
00:02:24allow the visitor to learn about to establish
00:02:25it refers to the period of the protectorate in a complete tourist circuit around Jabal
00:02:28Ayash East.
00:02:30We are currently working on a large project concerning the geological
00:02:33park of Jabal Ayash East and we
00:02:37are making good progress in this project, which
00:02:41UNESCO will recognize starting next
00:02:44year. We have developed a complete map of the tourist
00:02:48routes that will breathe new life into
00:02:51tourism in the Midelt
00:02:52region.
00:02:56In our hands, a colorful mosaic of astonishing
00:03:00discoveries.
00:03:01that never sleeps. Among its beads, Mount Ayash stands proudly, gazing at
00:03:04the horizon, watching
00:03:08to lead you out the ends of the earth around it as if it were an eternal guardian who devoted himself to tending
00:03:12to its stars and protecting its depths, star by star,
00:03:15depth by depth.
00:03:19In the presence of this giant mountain, Midelt
00:03:21smiles and continues to smile, so the dark
00:03:25nights around it lose their darkness, and hope
00:03:28sighs. Then a bright star
00:03:32slowly descends from the sky, dispelling the darkness of this quarter
00:03:36anew. In the Midelt region,
00:03:39for every misfortune, there is relief that comes, even after a while, and every
00:03:44one that night is followed by a morning in the esteemed and
00:03:47patient Midelt. Her determination does not waver despite all
00:03:51obstacles, from the mining crisis to apple
00:03:54farming to the sudden drought crisis.
00:03:57limit ourselves, for example, to This generous land has endured and continues to endure every hardship.
00:04:01It has tasted the bitterness of difficulties and extracted
00:04:04display a collection of sustenance from the depths of despair with determination and resilience.
00:04:08And
00:04:11those were fragments of
00:04:13Carl Fink, this Midelt's story, the present of the wilderness,
00:04:16steadfast in spirit in the presence of the kind
00:04:19and generous Atlas mountains.
00:04:20With
00:04:38here in the museum that indicates this
00:04:42After that, this
00:05:10this space,
00:05:59all its grandeur, splendor and elegance,
00:06:01Villa Karfink stands
00:06:05in the heart of Mers Sultan district in the city of Casablanca.
00:06:07A unique museum
00:06:10with its
00:06:15classical character, it evokes comfort and tranquility,
00:06:17and suggests that time has stopped here,
00:06:20and that the hustle and bustle of the city
00:06:23of Casablanca have not diminished the place.
00:06:57So Villa Karfink, as
00:06:59indicated by its name,
00:07:03its construction dates back to its founder,
00:07:06Carl Fink, a German
00:07:09merchant who played several roles here in
00:07:13the city of Casablanca, in addition to his commercial
00:07:18Morocco. He also had political roles
00:07:21due to his closeness to the German authorities. Here we are talking
00:07:24specifically about the beginning of the 20th
00:07:28century, the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th
00:07:31century,
00:07:34and as
00:07:37Morocco and also the period of colonialism
00:07:41by the French authorities. So, as I said,
00:07:44his roles multiplied. He gave permission for construction in
00:07:481912 to 1913. So the construction
00:07:52of the villa took a whole year.
00:07:54Unfortunately, he was not able to live in it for more
00:07:58than two years. He was executed
00:08:00in 1915 by the French
00:08:04authorities on charges of espionage
00:08:08and spying for the German authorities.
00:08:11And as you know,
00:08:51Villa Karfink, as its name suggests,
00:08:54is a place that witnessed for several years
00:08:57events that changed its function
00:09:00more than once.
00:09:19Of course, after 1915, upon
00:09:22the death of the German merchant
00:09:26space
00:09:28took on several functions.
00:09:32The first was that it became a detention center for
00:09:35German citizens here in the city of Casablanca.
00:09:38Later, it would move
00:09:42to a it would play the role
00:09:45of a hospital for children, and we have evidence
00:09:50mission that it carried out for a period.
00:09:55space would become an annex of the Bacar
00:09:59preparatory school, which still exists to
00:10:01this day. Then the National Museum Foundation
00:10:05will take over this space to become
00:10:07a museum space starting in
00:10:10February 2025.
00:10:122025.
00:10:15Before that, of course, there were a lot of restoration works
00:10:19and restructuring of
00:10:22because when it passed through
00:10:26multiple stages,
00:10:28between periods, it was subject
00:10:31to abandonment, etc. It was an abandoned
00:10:34place, so it needed restoration
00:10:38works to become
00:10:40a museum institution.
00:10:55Villa Karfink in Casablanca has undergone
00:10:58various transformations that the city has witnessed,
00:11:01by linking the past to the present
00:11:04and recalling the events, personalities,
00:11:07and influential elements that contributed to the founding
00:11:11of a city the size of the economic capital
00:11:14of the Moroccan
00:11:15Kingdom.
00:11:40This is a beautiful opportunity for us to visit the museum in Casablanca. There are other museums,
00:11:43but this one is special because it was an isolated place
00:11:47and we never knew what it was, so we benefit now from having a museum with the
00:11:51history of Casablanca. When we grow up there, we want to
00:11:54know where it came from, where it's going. So it's something
00:11:56beautiful and what is displayed there is for our
00:12:00culture and for our children, it is something beautiful that we can be proud of.
00:12:04If you brought your children, this is an opportunity to have
00:12:07something tangible to show them, so they know the history, where
00:12:10they came from, and where they are growing up.
00:12:13I encourage schools to bring children on trips to learn
00:12:19a museum. There is a lot of information, and the pictures here
00:12:22are very expressive about the history of Casablanca, where it was and how it changed,
00:12:26and the historical figures as well. So it's something, well, bravo to them.
00:12:58The museum presents permanent and temporary
00:13:02exhibitions about the city and its history and displays its collective
00:13:06memory, highlighting the evolution of various
00:13:09paths and economic and cultural aspects,
00:13:13and even the sports aspects of Casablanca.
00:13:17As for
00:13:24Villa Karfink, the Museum of Casablanca's Memory,
00:13:27it relies on two types
00:13:30of exhibitions: the permanent exhibition
00:13:33and the temporary exhibition. The permanent exhibition
00:13:37covers the history
00:13:40and memory of Casablanca, which we describe
00:13:43as a diverse and very
00:13:46complex memory. Moroccans and people who know
00:13:49Casablanca know that it has an artistic memory, a sports
00:13:53memory, and an economic
00:13:56memory. So we address these memories
00:14:00through the exhibition and we also highlight the specificity of Casablanca.
00:14:04We adopted a type
00:14:06of exhibition called a hybrid exhibition. It is
00:14:10diverse and relies on many
00:14:14themes and relies on many
00:14:17types of exhibits.
00:14:19That is, we do not
00:14:22tools and artifacts,
00:14:26but we also
00:14:29photographs. We have
00:14:33architectural pieces that were extracted when
00:14:37renovation and restructuring
00:14:40works were taking place
00:14:43here. We have models
00:14:46of what we call buildings
00:14:48and neighborhoods
00:14:51that Casablanca was famous for, and which
00:14:55symbolize, let's say, the origin of
00:14:58that architectural renaissance
00:15:01in Casablanca. We also have
00:15:04paintings by artists
00:15:07who lived in Casablanca, whose paths were
00:15:10influenced by this city
00:15:14and affected them, in addition
00:15:17to original elements of the building.
00:15:21We have adopted them to be part of the exhibition.
00:15:47In an engaging and attractive
00:15:50narrative style, this museum
00:15:53space presents its content and theme,
00:15:57relying on a timeline that reviews events and presents
00:16:00them in a sequential
00:16:18manner. The timeline, as I said, is like, as we say,
00:16:21a guide for the visitor so that
00:16:24they can learn history
00:16:28in a smooth and simple way.
00:16:31That is, they will know what are the most important historical milestones that Casablanca
00:16:34has gone through without, as I said, entering into the complex memory.
00:16:51When Casablanca was called Anfa, we also talk
00:16:55about the passage of the Almoravids here at the site of
00:16:59Anfa. We talk about Cité Portugaise,
00:17:01meaning the Portuguese Citadel.
00:17:05Later, we talk about Sultan Sidi Mohammed bin Abd
00:17:08Allah, who would initiate and carry out
00:17:11a defensive renaissance for Casablanca,
00:17:15and consequently, an architectural renaissance, and Casablanca would be called
00:17:19Dar Al-Beida (White House). So
00:17:22before that, we were only talking about Anfa,
00:17:26and then, of course, we talk about the periods of the protectorate
00:17:29and the beginning of the construction of Casablanca
00:17:33and the architectural and engineering renaissance that the city witnessed, and from where
00:17:37an architectural and engineering
00:17:41and demographic
00:17:44renaissance, and we talk about intellectual
00:17:47and cultural
00:17:49and theatrical and sports
00:17:53renaissance as well. And you will discover this in our permanent
00:17:56exhibition. So all these elements
00:18:01their history in a simple and concise
00:18:04way.
00:18:19Villa Karfink, over decades, has undergone
00:18:22successive renovations and repairs that took into
00:18:26account the preservation of the original
00:18:29architecture of the place, and it is now
00:18:33a vibrant museum that narrates the chapters of the history of Casablanca.
00:18:36The city
00:21:49And suffice it