Acts of vandalism

We are currently witnessing a ruthless destruction of our urban heritage inherited from a not-so-distant past. The Abdelkrim El Khatabi garden, formerly Gallieni, adorned with large white Carrara marble basins from Europe, ordered by Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz for the Marrakech residence, and which cannot be moved due to a lack of sufficient transport means. Abandoned, vandalised... these basins have lost their aura of yesteryear, symbols of a lavish past. They have fallen into a spiral of decay, victims of bad intentions or rather the lack of will of the officials who did not seek to preserve these objects of inestimable value. Were these basins left to fall into ruin in order to erase a part of the city's history? The historical, architectural, and heritage value of these basins, witnesses to a part of history, requires us today to preserve and jealously maintain them, like other cities…