[1] In 1825, the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia stipulated a commercial agreement with Morocco which facilitated contacts between the two countries, an event which led many Italian traders from this Italian state, mainly from Genoa and Sardinia, to move permanently to Morocco, where some made their fortunes.

[1] Commercial contacts between Morocco and Italy remained flourishing even after Italian unification, which took place in 1861.

[1] Other activities in which the Italian settlers were engaged in Morocco at the end of the 19th century were in the fields of crafts, agriculture and construction.

[1] In the 1930s, Italian-Moroccans, almost all of Sicilian origin, numbered over 15,600 and lived mainly in the Maarif district of Casablanca.

[3] The community has started to grow again since the 1970s and 1980s with the arrival of industrial technicians, tourism and international cooperation managers, but remains very limited.

[7] Only half of these individuals descend from the colonial-era community, given the large presence of technicians and managers of Italian firms operating in contemporary Morocco.