Archnet is a community-powered resource that provides ready access to visual and textual material to facilitate teaching, scholarship, and professional work of high quality.&nbsp;This unparalleled resource continues to grow with both the addition of historic archives and documentation on contemporary trends shaping the built environment today.&nbsp;To better serve you, our user, in the study of art and architecture of Muslim societies, we continue to build our vast collection of sites, publications, images, and videos. To ensure a high level of scholarly content and accuracy in the information provided, we appreciate your expert feedback and, more importantly, your contributions..&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Please send comments, corrections, commendations, and other feedback to <a href="mailto:archnet@mit.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet@mit.edu</a>.&nbsp;</li><li>If you find sites on Archnet to which you can contribute in compelling and meaningful ways, your generosity is most welcome. If you would be interested in contributing research, publications or other media to Archnet, please contact us using <a href="about:blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet-submission@mit.edu</a>.&nbsp;</li><li>We invite contributions of relevant, previously published, Open Access or copyrighted material for which you are able to grant Archnet a non-exclusive license. Please contact us using <a href="about:blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet-submission@mit.edu</a>.&nbsp;</li><li>We invite the contribution of syllabi, lesson plans, recorded lectures, or other material for our pedagogy project. Please contact us using <a href="about:blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet-submission@mit.edu</a>.&nbsp;</li><li>We welcome the donation of select archives based on our current editorial policies and priorities.&nbsp;If you have a collection you would like to bring to the attention of Archnet's editors, please send an email to: <a href="http://mailto: archnet-submission@mit.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet-submission@mit.edu</a>.</li><li>Occasionally, Archnet editors issue calls for contributions on specific themes or of particular types of material. Follow those on the <a href="https://libraries.mit.edu/akdc/category/contributors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website of AKDC@MIT </a>or <a href="https://mailchi.mp/17fc345bbd94/archnetakdc-updates" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to our mailing list</a>.</li></ul> The breadth, depth, and quality of Archnet is oachieved through the generosity of numerous institutions and individuals listed on the respective pages throughout the site.&nbsp;We thank you for your generosity!

Contribute

Archnet is an Open Access resource, provided to the public to facilitate cultural understanding and excellence in both scholarship and practice. Content from Archnet.org may not be published, displayed, or appropriated for commercial use without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder. Unless otherwise noted, Archnet material is available for instructional, nonprofit use, and personal use on the terms of a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International</a> (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Please contact Archnet to request permission to use the Archnet.org website and its contents beyond the scope outlined above. High-resolution images may be available by contacting us using <a href="mailto:archnet@mit.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet@mit.edu</a>. The content available on Archnet, including but not limited to information, text, graphics, logos, and multimedia related to the the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/1903" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Trust for Culture’</a>s programmes, such as the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/54" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Historic Cities Programme</a>, the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/848" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Award for Architecture</a> and the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/132" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Music Programme</a>, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights and laws, whether owned by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, its affiliates, or third parties. Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, modification, or display of this content is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of the respective copyright or trademark holder. Violation of this prohibition may result in legal penalties.

Terms of use

<h2>ARCHNET FAQ</h2>1. Will ARCHNET work on my device?Archnet works well on the most recent version of any major browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge), either on a mobile device or computer. It may work on older or less common browsers as well. If Archnet fails to work properly on your machine, please let us know about your experience by clicking the blue feedback button at bottom right!2. Will my URLs from earlier versions of Archnet still work?Yes, if they are from the version launched in January 2013. As of October 12, 2021, all URLs from the old Archnet have been redirected to ARCHNET.&nbsp;&nbsp;3. How do I download a/n:&nbsp;<ul><li>image - Select the image you want to download from search results, a site or an authority. The image will open in your browser.&nbsp;Right click to download.&nbsp;For larger, high-resolution copies, see contact us using archnet@mit.edu.&nbsp;</li><li>publication - Open the page for the publication in your browser and click the download button. Reprinting Archnet publications is permissible only for personal use.&nbsp;Please contact us for any other requests.&nbsp;</li><li>site descriptions and metadata - Site descriptions and metadata can be used for any nonprofit or educational organization with appropriate attribution to the authors and Archnet.&nbsp;</li><li>video - Currently video downloads are not possible. If you'd like to use an Archnet video, please contact <a href="mailto:archnet@mit.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet@mit.edu</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>See our <a href="https://www.archnet.org/pages/terms" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Terms of Use</a> for information on how you can use Archnnet material.4. Can I contribute material to Archnet?&nbsp;Yes!&nbsp;See our <a href="https://www.archnet.org/pages/contribute" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Contribute</a> page for more information.&nbsp;Calls for specific contributions are also also shared in our social media and on the <a href="https://libraries.mit.edu/akdc/category/contributors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">web site of the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;5. What happened to the Archnet Timeline?&nbsp;Timeline has migrated into the ARCHNET NEXT Collections page&nbsp;<a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/collection_type/3/1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">as a category</a>. These collections provide short introductions for each period, often offering lists of additional resources at the end of the entry. Only the timeline graphic listing the periods along a chronological axis has not migrated.6. My question isn't here.&nbsp;How can I get help?&nbsp;If your issue is with using Archnet, use the blue Feedback button to alert us to your issue. This will allow you to include a screenshot or recording. Please, also, feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:archnet@mit.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet@mit.edu</a>We are currently developing the help section of ARCHNET NEXT. In the meantime, please use the blue Feedback button in ARCHNET NEXT to send us feedback or other questions. Contact us at <a href="mailto:archnet@mit.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">archnet@mit.edu</a>.&nbsp;

Need help?

Welcome to ARCHNET, an open access, interdisciplinary, intellectual resource focused on the built environment of Muslim societies.Focused on the built environment of Islamic civilizations past and present, we seek to:<ul><li>Facilitate excellence in scholarship and professional work by&nbsp;providing reliable information and ready access&nbsp;to vetted, high-quality textual and multimedia resources&nbsp;focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design,&nbsp;heritage&nbsp;conservation, economic and environmental sustainability, community development and resilience in the face of rapid change, and related topics.</li><li>Enable teaching and learning in these domains by providing educators with reliable, effective pedagogical material and teaching aids.&nbsp;</li><li>Serve as a platform through which scholars, practitioners, and institutions can bring their work to new global audiences.&nbsp;</li><li>Promote intercultural understanding and dialogue through reliable, high-quality, peer-reviewed material on the diversity of and pluralism within Muslim societies and the interaction between Islamic and other religious, cultural, and philosophical traditions as it relates to architecture and urbanism.</li><li>Enable easy access to a wide variety of resources via a custom-built, web-based, mobile-friendly platform optimized to minimize financial, infrastructural, linguistic, and other barriers to access.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>Launched in 2002 after several years of development, ARCHNET is a pioneering digital resource that has proven a reliable authority on the built environment of Muslim societies, past and present.&nbsp;ARCHNET is a partnership between the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/1342" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries</a> (AKDC@MIT) and the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/authorities/1903" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Trust for Culture</a> (AKTC), with support from the <a href="https://www.archnet.org/collections/50" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture</a> at Harvard and MIT.&nbsp;ARCHNET is developed and maintained by <a href="https://www.performantsoftware.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Performant Software Solutions</a>.

About

 Tangier

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fbc34432-72c4-40d7-8716-ccee5bb8222f/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fbc34432-72c4-40d7-8716-ccee5bb8222f/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fbc34432-72c4-40d7-8716-ccee5bb8222f/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fbc34432-72c4-40d7-8716-ccee5bb8222f/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fbc34432-72c4-40d7-8716-ccee5bb8222f/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fbc34432-72c4-40d7-8716-ccee5bb8222f/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fbc34432-72c4-40d7-8716-ccee5bb8222f/content

digital graphic

IAA707942

place

commercial

mixed-use

Morocco

Located midway on Rue Siaghine on the south side, the Church of the Immaculate Conception is the only extant church inside the walls of the Tangier Medina.&nbsp;Built in 1880, it is no longer used for public services, but is occupied by Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity.&nbsp;

Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/a0038ccc-1665-421c-b891-2f49a5f3cc78/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/a0038ccc-1665-421c-b891-2f49a5f3cc78/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/a0038ccc-1665-421c-b891-2f49a5f3cc78/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/a0038ccc-1665-421c-b891-2f49a5f3cc78/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/a0038ccc-1665-421c-b891-2f49a5f3cc78/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/a0038ccc-1665-421c-b891-2f49a5f3cc78/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/a0038ccc-1665-421c-b891-2f49a5f3cc78/content

digital photograph

Iglesia

The entrance to the building is said to date back to the Portuguese era.1&nbsp;&nbsp;It was the French Legation between 1820 and 1860, and subsequently as the headquarters of the Naib, or Sultan's delegate during the international period. It reverted to municipal offices after independence. In recent decades the building decayed substantially, and preservation is now a concern.2

Dar al-Niaba

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/d7159676-29ff-4ec7-bdbf-75e51bba0502/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/d7159676-29ff-4ec7-bdbf-75e51bba0502/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/d7159676-29ff-4ec7-bdbf-75e51bba0502/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/d7159676-29ff-4ec7-bdbf-75e51bba0502/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/d7159676-29ff-4ec7-bdbf-75e51bba0502/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/d7159676-29ff-4ec7-bdbf-75e51bba0502/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/d7159676-29ff-4ec7-bdbf-75e51bba0502/content

Dar Niaba - IMG_3223.jpg

In January 1917, the banker Moses Nahon opened what was arguably the most lavish retail shop in the city of Tangier. The three-story structure is located on rue Siaghines, where his home had once stood. It has been a retail establishment since. In 1951, it became a Monoprix, and eventually, a bazaar, selling handicrafts and antiques. As of 2022, the premises were closed and for sale. The facade is elaborately decorated. The first floor is clad in marble accentuated with dual-tone zellij around the wooden portals. Similar tile work is found in horseshoe arches to the right and left of the main entryway. An overhang with terracotta roofing tiles, the underside painted with floral motifs, sits above a shallow muqarnas cornice that extends beyond slightly beyond the top of the first floor (rez-de-chaussée) along the length of the building. The upper floors each have 7 sets of dual windows (14 sets in total), each surrounded with dual-tone red tile. The vertical decoration between each set of four windows consists of a vegetal motif composed in tile, topped with an expanse of darj wa ktaf carved stucco with tile palmettes. Along the top of the roof appears to be supported by decorative brackets. Sources: Assayag, I.J. 2001b. Tanger... Regards Sur Le Passé... Ce Qu’il Fut. Casablanca: Imprimerie Najah El Jadida. La Tribune de Tanger. 1951. “Echos: Inauguration du Magasin ‘Monoprix,’” June 16, 1951. <a href="http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32881063t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32881063t</a>.

91 rue Siaghine

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/050633b2-d016-4535-ba3a-a4325ec25625/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/050633b2-d016-4535-ba3a-a4325ec25625/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/050633b2-d016-4535-ba3a-a4325ec25625/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/050633b2-d016-4535-ba3a-a4325ec25625/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/050633b2-d016-4535-ba3a-a4325ec25625/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/050633b2-d016-4535-ba3a-a4325ec25625/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/050633b2-d016-4535-ba3a-a4325ec25625/content

PXL_20220728_180852560.jpeg

A fountain on rue Siaghine at the start of rue des Synagogues. &nbsp;

Saqaya Siaghine 

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/17118024-6ce6-4681-85cc-b014085ef077/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/17118024-6ce6-4681-85cc-b014085ef077/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/17118024-6ce6-4681-85cc-b014085ef077/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/17118024-6ce6-4681-85cc-b014085ef077/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/17118024-6ce6-4681-85cc-b014085ef077/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/17118024-6ce6-4681-85cc-b014085ef077/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/17118024-6ce6-4681-85cc-b014085ef077/content

View of the fountain

The principal street of the Medina of Tangier, it runs from the Grand Socco to the Petit Socco.&nbsp; It gets it's name from the silversmiths that once lined the street.&nbsp;

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/805aa35a-b53b-4abe-8da9-175c963bcdd6/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/805aa35a-b53b-4abe-8da9-175c963bcdd6/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/805aa35a-b53b-4abe-8da9-175c963bcdd6/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/805aa35a-b53b-4abe-8da9-175c963bcdd6/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/805aa35a-b53b-4abe-8da9-175c963bcdd6/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/805aa35a-b53b-4abe-8da9-175c963bcdd6/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/805aa35a-b53b-4abe-8da9-175c963bcdd6/content

Click here to download the&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/publications/10034" target="_blank">Tangier Map Key</a>.&nbsp; "Partie Centrale de la ville." Along <a data-bypass="true" target="_blank" href="http://archnet.org/sites/10548">Rue Saighin.</a>

engraving

Tangier-centrale

Zankat Siaghine

Michael A. Toler

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/b9ab5842-b3f1-4155-b1a6-03624cd7147e/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/b9ab5842-b3f1-4155-b1a6-03624cd7147e/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/b9ab5842-b3f1-4155-b1a6-03624cd7147e/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/b9ab5842-b3f1-4155-b1a6-03624cd7147e/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/b9ab5842-b3f1-4155-b1a6-03624cd7147e/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/b9ab5842-b3f1-4155-b1a6-03624cd7147e/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/b9ab5842-b3f1-4155-b1a6-03624cd7147e/content

View of an alley 

Paul Servant

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/41b8b6bb-06f4-463c-9efe-8b196fb70ccc/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/41b8b6bb-06f4-463c-9efe-8b196fb70ccc/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/41b8b6bb-06f4-463c-9efe-8b196fb70ccc/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/41b8b6bb-06f4-463c-9efe-8b196fb70ccc/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/41b8b6bb-06f4-463c-9efe-8b196fb70ccc/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/41b8b6bb-06f4-463c-9efe-8b196fb70ccc/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/41b8b6bb-06f4-463c-9efe-8b196fb70ccc/content

glass plate negative

Medina Street Scene 

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/61ececb3-5415-4499-9c4e-9e20fda76886/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/61ececb3-5415-4499-9c4e-9e20fda76886/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/61ececb3-5415-4499-9c4e-9e20fda76886/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/61ececb3-5415-4499-9c4e-9e20fda76886/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/61ececb3-5415-4499-9c4e-9e20fda76886/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/61ececb3-5415-4499-9c4e-9e20fda76886/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/61ececb3-5415-4499-9c4e-9e20fda76886/content

black-and-white print

Medina street view

John Zvereff

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fa174224-97b1-47fc-b9bb-a3cbe890cb62/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fa174224-97b1-47fc-b9bb-a3cbe890cb62/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fa174224-97b1-47fc-b9bb-a3cbe890cb62/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fa174224-97b1-47fc-b9bb-a3cbe890cb62/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fa174224-97b1-47fc-b9bb-a3cbe890cb62/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fa174224-97b1-47fc-b9bb-a3cbe890cb62/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/fa174224-97b1-47fc-b9bb-a3cbe890cb62/content

rue Siaghine

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/cbc44a9c-8910-41e5-a545-cabde142cc64/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/cbc44a9c-8910-41e5-a545-cabde142cc64/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/cbc44a9c-8910-41e5-a545-cabde142cc64/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/cbc44a9c-8910-41e5-a545-cabde142cc64/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/cbc44a9c-8910-41e5-a545-cabde142cc64/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/cbc44a9c-8910-41e5-a545-cabde142cc64/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/cbc44a9c-8910-41e5-a545-cabde142cc64/content

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/94d39b7b-d52a-48ed-8781-e7b765a1ec3c/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/94d39b7b-d52a-48ed-8781-e7b765a1ec3c/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/94d39b7b-d52a-48ed-8781-e7b765a1ec3c/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/94d39b7b-d52a-48ed-8781-e7b765a1ec3c/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/94d39b7b-d52a-48ed-8781-e7b765a1ec3c/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/94d39b7b-d52a-48ed-8781-e7b765a1ec3c/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/94d39b7b-d52a-48ed-8781-e7b765a1ec3c/content

Two Ports

A gate on rue d'Italie, just beyond <a href="http://archnet.org/sites/10302" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bab Fahs</a>, into <a href="http://archnet.org/sites/9043" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zocco Chico</a>, composed of two arches of equal size.

Les Deux Portes

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/f696ee30-2aba-4969-bb57-db383b921568/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/f696ee30-2aba-4969-bb57-db383b921568/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/f696ee30-2aba-4969-bb57-db383b921568/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/f696ee30-2aba-4969-bb57-db383b921568/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/f696ee30-2aba-4969-bb57-db383b921568/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/f696ee30-2aba-4969-bb57-db383b921568/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/f696ee30-2aba-4969-bb57-db383b921568/content

street view

Parker Halliday

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/bce4fd25-96a8-4a4c-a75f-96f234643eac/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/bce4fd25-96a8-4a4c-a75f-96f234643eac/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/bce4fd25-96a8-4a4c-a75f-96f234643eac/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/bce4fd25-96a8-4a4c-a75f-96f234643eac/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/bce4fd25-96a8-4a4c-a75f-96f234643eac/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/bce4fd25-96a8-4a4c-a75f-96f234643eac/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/bce4fd25-96a8-4a4c-a75f-96f234643eac/content

<div><div>This presentation by&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/authorities/2691">Michael A. Toler,</a>&nbsp;Archnet Content Manager, looks at the development of the city of Tangier during two periods of extremely rapid transformation approximately a century apart.&nbsp; The first was at the beginning of the 20th century around the time during which Morocco was divided up by French and Spanish colonial powers into two protectorate zones. Although this colonial system changed the administrative and military landscape in the area surrounding the city, Tangier itself continued being a de facto International Zone until its formal declaration as such in 1923. The second period has been ongoing since shortly after&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/authorities/2733">Mohammed VI</a>&nbsp;assumed the throne after the unexpected death of Hassan II in 1999. There are many parallels between the development of the city during these two periods. While the first period saw the introduction of railways, airports, and roads suitable for vehicular traffic, the second period brought a construction boom and the first significant upgrade to those facilities since Moroccan Independence in 1956. During both periods a growing population expanded the city well beyond its existing limits. The beginning of the 20th century saw an influx of foreign nationals as well as wealthier residents marking the growth of the city beyond the confines of Kasbah and walled medina. The last two decades have also seen the construction of new neighborhoods to accommodate rapid demographic expansion, as well as massive investments in infrastructure upgrades. Authorities have also declared a new "City Center" that is so far from the traditional medina as to be outside the "New City" of the Protectorate era. The current expansion of the city is enabled by the central government once again making tremendous investments and embracing a city that had largely been neglected since independence. In many ways, Tangier is cast as paradigmatic of modern Morocco. While these two periods are over a century apart and mark distinct periods in Moroccan history, a comparative analysis of urban developments during each is insightful. This presentation explores the dynamics of Tangier's transformation since the early 20th century and poses questions regarding the implications for the city's residents. The current expansion of the city is enabled by the central government once again making tremendous investments and embracing a city that had largely been neglected since independence, largely in an effort to attract investment from abroad, once again making Tangier an international zone, albeit it one under Moroccan sovereignty. Yet in many ways, Tangier is cast as paradigmatic of modern Morocco as a whole. While these two periods are over a century apart and mark distinct periods in Moroccan history, a comparative analysis of urban developments during each is insightful. This presentation explores the dynamics of Tangier's transformation since the early 20th century and poses questions regarding the implications for the city's residents. </div><div> </div><div>For the original version of this lecture, see:&nbsp;<a href="http://akpia.mit.edu/lectures-events-fall-2010-present" target="_blank" data-bypass="true">http://akpia.mit.edu/lectures-events-fall-2010-present</a></div><div></div></div>

video

Tangier at the Crossroads: Memories of Cosmopolitanism and Dreams of Technological Modernity

Located on the beach of Tangier, the station was completed in 1928.&nbsp;It was demolished after the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.archnet.org/sites/2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tanger-Ville station</a>&nbsp;was completed.&nbsp;

Gare de Tanger-Plage

For organizational purposes, this site refers to the original city of Tangier that was surrounded by the old walls, as seen in&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/media_contents/97147" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the map</a>&nbsp;published in Tanger Et Sa Zone, the seventh volume of&nbsp;Villes Et Tribus du Maroc. Though the walls have changed over time, in today's terms this is roughly the area bounded by&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/10121" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rue du Portugal</a>, rue de la Plage, rue d'Italie which becomes rue de la Kasbah, ultimately leading to&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/sites/15605" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Borj Ben Amar</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/sites/10580" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Borj Na'am</a>. The wall on the north side of&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/10428" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rue Riad Sultan</a>&nbsp;is the northern border along the cliff, and it once continued through to Borj Dar el-Baroud.&nbsp;Only portions of the eastern wall still exist, but the boundary is easily defined, running between the area containing the&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/9189" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Customs House</a>&nbsp;and Port and, proceeding from the north to the south, the&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/sites/9188" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hotel Continental</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/sites/9589" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Borj al-Salaam</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/9060" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Borj al-Hajaoui</a>&nbsp;(the terrace in front of the&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/sites/6353" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Great Mosque</a>), and ending the circle at the square where&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/14901" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bab Dar Dbagh</a>&nbsp;meets&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/10121" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rue du Portugal</a>.&nbsp; Though&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/8455" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Kasbah</a>&nbsp;was walled off from the rest of the medina, it is within the city walls, and thus considered part of the medina, as well as district unto itself.&nbsp;So again, for organizational purposes, the constituent elements of the Kasbah are listed on the site record for the Kasbah, but not associated directly with this record. Until the late 19th c. the history of Tangier is, essentially, the history of the medina, including the Kasbah. In recent years a great deal of research has been done on the walls of the Tangier medina, most notably represented by the massive volume&nbsp;Portuguese TangierPortuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton.&nbsp;In this book, Martin Elbi combines a great deal of archival research and archeological evidence, and contemporary mapping technologies to ascertain the location of the Portuguese fortifications in relation to later construction.&nbsp;There have also been rehabilitation and even reconstruction projects such as the rebuilding of the collapsed&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/9939" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bab al-Bahar</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/9934" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Qal'a</a>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<a href="https://archnet.org/sites/9071" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Place de Mechouar</a>, aka Place de la Kasbah. Indeed, a great deal of preservation work continues throughout the medina of Tangier.&nbsp; --Michael A. TolerArchnet Content Manager10-2020

Tangier Medina

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/2df232d3-a6ba-465e-821e-aa389dca0257/download

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/2df232d3-a6ba-465e-821e-aa389dca0257/iiif

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/2df232d3-a6ba-465e-821e-aa389dca0257/info

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/2df232d3-a6ba-465e-821e-aa389dca0257/inline

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/2df232d3-a6ba-465e-821e-aa389dca0257/preview

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/2df232d3-a6ba-465e-821e-aa389dca0257/thumbnail

https://archnet-3-staging-iiif-cloud-52e731ed1e62.herokuapp.com/public/resources/2df232d3-a6ba-465e-821e-aa389dca0257/content

Zankat Siaghine
Tangier, Morocco

Location

Associated Names

Part of Site

Site Contains

Additional Names

Site Types

Zankat Siaghine
Tangier, Morocco

Location

Images & Videos

Associated Names

Part of Site

Site Contains

Additional Names

Site Types

Zankat SiaghineTangier, Morocco

Location

Images & Videos

Associated Names

Part of Site

Site Contains

Additional Names

Site Types

Zankat Siaghine
Tangier, Morocco