The world’s tallest minaret is in Casablanca reaching 210 meters. Photo: Getty
* January 14, 1943, saw the beginning of the Casablanca Conference at which Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Charles de Gaulle met in Morocco to map out a strategy for ending the Second World War. *
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Express/UK, William Hartson
January 14, 2014
1. By a curious coincidence, January 14 was also the date on which Humphrey Bogart, star of the film Casablanca, died in 1957.
More than 2.2 million passengers rode Casablanca’s new tramway line in November. MAP, MOTM
2. Roosevelt’s flight to the conference was the first time a US president had flown in an aeroplane.
3. ‘Casablanca’ means ‘white house’, so you might say he went from one White House to another.
4. The film Casablanca had six entries in the top 100 quotes of the American Film Institute in 2005.
“Casablanca has the world’s second-largest swimming pool, the Orthlieb saltwater pool.”
5. Not only did Bogart not say “Play it again, Sam” in the film but Dooley Wilson, who played Sam, was a drummer faking the piano playing.
6. The world’s tallest minaret is in Casablanca.
7. Casablanca also has the world’s second-largest swimming pool, the Orthlieb saltwater pool.
8. Ingrid Bergman was a few inches taller than Humphrey Bogart, so Bogart stood on boxes or sat on pillows in their scenes together in the film.
9. The demand for “unconditional surrender” for Germany and its allies was one of the terms that came out of the Casablanca Conference.
10. The population of Casablanca is 3.4 million, more than twice that of Rabat, Morocco’s capital.
Morocco’s biggest commercial center, Casablanca is playing an increasing role as financial hub for the region. It’s modern new tramway line carries hundreds of thousands of Casablanca commuters daily. Photo: MAP, MOTM
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