{{Short description|Former swimming pool in Casablanca, Morocco}} {{Infobox venue | name = Orthlieb Pool | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|33.6085|-7.6327|region:MA|display=inline,title}} | mapframe-marker = swimming | location = | opened = 1934 | demolished = 1986 | architect = Maurice L'Herbier
| dimensions_label = Dimensions | dimensions = {{plainlist| *'''Length''': 480 m (1,574 ft) *'''Width''': 75 m (246 ft) }} }} The '''Orthlieb Pool''', also called the '''Centre Balnéaire Georges Orthlieb''' or '''Casablanca municipal swimming pool''' (Arabic: مسبح الدار البيضاء البلدي), was a seawater swimming pool built in the rocks along the road from Ain Diab to Casablanca in Morocco.<ref name=le360>{{cite web |last1=Driss |first1=Leila |title=Diapo. Quand Casablanca était fière d'avoir la plus longue piscine du monde |url=https://m.le360.ma/lifestyle/diapo-quand-casablanca-etait-fiere-davoir-la-plus-longue-piscine-du-monde-196638 |website=Le360.ma |access-date=24 November 2021 |language=fr |date=20 August 2019}}</ref> At 480 m (1,574 ft) long and 75 m (246 ft) wide, it was once considered the largest swimming pool in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Largest swimming pool by area |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/29621-largest-swimming-pool-by-area |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=24 November 2021 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
The swimming pool and bathing center took three years to build, and the facility was inaugurated on July 14, 1934. It was designed by the architect Maurice L'Herbier and named for Georges Orthlieb, a municipal leader in Casablanca. Following the independence movement of Morocco, the pool fell into disrepair. In 1986, the site was destroyed to make way for construction of the Hassan II Mosque.<ref>{{cite web |title=Il était une fois la piscine municipale de Casablanca (photos) |url=https://www.lesiteinfo.com/cultures/etait-piscine-municipale-de-casablanca/ |website=Le Site Info |access-date=24 November 2021 |language=fr-FR |date=5 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Habeeb |first=William Mark |title=Morocco |url=https://archive.org/details/morocco0000habe |url-access=registration |quote=Hassan II Mosque. |year=2003 |publisher=Gareth Stevens |isbn=9780836823615 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/morocco0000habe/page/54 54]–55}}</ref>
==See also== *List of largest swimming pools
==References== {{reflist}}{{Morocco-struct-stub}} Category:Swimming pools Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Morocco Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1986