Rue Es-Siaghine(Arabic:زنقة الصياغين, meaning Silversmith's Street, also transliterated as Rue Siaghin or Rue Siaghine) is a street inTangier,Morocco.UnderRomanrule it was thedecumanus maximus,the main thoroughfare of the city.[1]The street led to the harbor through the south gate. Today the street is lined with cafes, bars and souvenir shops, and leads down into thePetit Soccoin themedinaof Tangier.[2]
Buildings
edit- At No. 44 is theFondation Lorin,an arts centre which is also located along the street with displays dating back to the 1930s.
- At No. 47 isDar Niaba,a former administrative building noted for its courtyard growing oranges. From 1851 to 1920 the building served as the residence of thenaib,the Moroccan high official who served as an intermediary between the sultan and foreign ambassadors.[3]
- At No. 51 is theChurch of the Immaculate Conception,which was built by the Spanish in the 1880s and became the centre of the Christian community in Tangier.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Morocco.Dorling KindersleyEyewitness Travel Guides. 2006. p. 134.
- ^Humphrys, Darren (2008).Frommer's Morocco.John Wiley & Sons. p. 280.ISBN978-0-470-18403-5.
- ^There is a long discussion of the building and the area, going back to Portuguese times (the entrance is apparently Portuguese), in Martin Malcolm Elbl,Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton(Baywolf Press: Toronto and Peterborough, 2013)ISBN978-0-921437-50-5.There is also a great deal on information about the other streets around this spot. Links (consulted on 18 May 2023), athttps://maproom44.com/psr/monvol001.htmland (for this and other related publications)https://utoronto.academia.edu/MartinMalcolmElblandhttps://books.google.com/books?id=AeTBAgAAQBAJ
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