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 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.

[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.

The statue in the late 1930s or 1940s
The statue relocated in front of the French consulate-general (2005)