Kasbah Museum Tangier

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Sultan's Palace with entrance to the museum (center)

The Kasbah Museum ( French Musée de la Kasbah ; Arabic متحف القصبة, DMG Matḥaf al-qaṣba ) in the northern Moroccan city ​​of Tangier was the country's most important museum until the opening of the Archaeological Museums of Rabat and Tétouan in the 1930s.

location

The museum is located in the former sultan 's palace ( Dar el Makhzen ) on the Kasbah rock of Tangier above the ferry port. The Marshan Necropolis is located on a rocky plateau just 1 km to the west.

history

After the expulsion of the English in 1684, a sultan's palace was built on the Kasbah Hill, which was largely rebuilt in the late 19th century. In 1922, parts of the former sultan's palace were converted into an archaeological museum by the city's international administration .

Exhibits (selection)

Using numerous finds, the museum presents the history of the region around the city ​​of Tangier ( Tingis ) - probably founded by the Phoenicians - from the Neolithic to the Portuguese era in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Tangiers (1664)
  • Entrance hall with artesonado ceiling and six large wooden chests with iron fittings
  • Room 1: Stone Age finds (hand axes, spearheads, carved animal bones) and early ceramics
  • Room 2: grave goods (drinking vessels, jewelry and oil lamps) from pre-Roman times
  • Room 3: marble grave stele and other finds from Roman times
  • Room 4 (former atrium):
    • large floor mosaic with the voyage of Venus from Volubilis ; Showcases with Greek vases
    • Gallery with Phoenician burial chamber; Stone and clay slab box graves, lead sarcophagi and urns from the Marshan necropolis
  • Room 5: Throne or reception room with a beautiful artesonado ceiling (dome and stars)
  • Room 6: Ceramics and coins from the Almohad and Merinid periods
  • Room 7: Finds from Ksar es-Seghir , including a Portuguese window in Manueline style
  • Room 8: Finds from the time of the Portuguese and English sovereignty over the city of Tangier (1471–1684)

literature

  • Arnold Betten: Morocco. Antiquity, Berber Traditions and Islam - History, Art and Culture in the Maghreb. DuMont, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7701-3935-4 , pp. 135ff.

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Coordinates: 35 ° 47 '18 "  N , 5 ° 48' 46"  W.