Surrounding the square, buildings for important administrative functions were erected in the Neo-Mauresque style innovated by Henri Prost and his contemporaries.
This style combined French design principles with traditional Mauro-Andalusi architectural traditions, which lent the colonial administrative buildings legitimacy.

Among the important buildings around the square are:
The Court House (المحكمة, le tribunal)
Wilaya Building (مقر الولاية, la siege de la wilaya)
The Post Office (مكتب البريد, bureau de poste)
Bank al-Maghreb (بنك المغرب)
Nearby:
Arab League Park (formerly "Lyautey Park")
Church of the Sacred Heart
Surrounding the square, buildings for important administrative functions were erected in the Neo-Mauresque style innovated by Henri Prost and his contemporaries. This style combined French design principles with traditional Mauro-Andalusi architectural traditions, which lent the colonial administrative buildings legitimacy.
Among the important buildings around the square are:
The Court House (المحكمة, le tribunal)
Wilaya Building (مقر الولاية, la siege de la wilaya)
The Post Office (مكتب البريد, bureau de poste)
Bank al-Maghreb (بنك المغرب)
Nearby:
Arab League Park (formerly "Lyautey Park")
Church of the Sacred Heart
Muhammad V Square