Monument à l’Amitié franco-marocaine

Created in 1921 by Paul Landowski, the monument was originally entitled "Monument to Victory and Peace". It pays tribute to the Moroccan soldiers who died in 1914-1918. The statue stood in Casablanca until it was moved to Senlis on 11 November 1965 by the Le Burnous association.

The plaques bearing the names of the victims remained at the French Consulate in Casablanca and preparatory plaster casts for the design of the monument were found in a building in the city.

Paul Landowski (1875 - 1961) discovered humanist philosophy with Henri Barbusse. After the war, he created more than 80 monuments to the dead and became the sculptor of pacifist France. He received several major commissions in Paris, such as the statue of Saint Genevieve on the Pont de la Tournelle, and also on the other side of the Atlantic, with the Christ of Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro. The name of the square, chosen in 1962, was inspired by the 3rd Hussards, commanded by Colonel Lyautey, brother of the Resident General of Morocco, who took up residence in Senlis in August 1912.

On 1 August 1914, the 3rd Hussards left Senlis for a raid that reached Liège. During the Battle of the Marne on 10 September 1914, between Mont-l'Évêque and Senlis, Captain Sonnois of the 3rd Hussards seized the flag of the 2nd Battalion of the 94th Pomeranian Landwehr Regiment, taking two prisoners.