Tangier Cathedral
The Cathedral of Tangier , dedicated to the Assumption of Mary , is the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of the Moroccan port city of Tangier .
location
The cathedral stands in a prominent position on avenue Hassan II in the new town (Ville nouvelle) of Tangier; it is less than 1 km (by foot) in a south-westerly direction from the old town (medina) .
History and architecture
The modern-looking, single-tower cathedral was planned and built at the beginning of the 1960s by the Spanish architect Luis Martìnez-Feduchi Ruiz; it was consecrated in 1961. The single-nave construction is essentially a concrete structure ; The masonry and glass windows are clamped between the pillars, with particular emphasis on the three central windows of the semicircular apse .
Others
- The cathedral houses a copy of the "Assumption of Mary" based on an original by Murillo .
- The bones of the Franciscan Father José Maria Lerchundi, who died in 1896 and who lived in Morocco from 1862 until his death and served as translator for various sultans, rest in the crypt . In addition, he installed a printing house.
- On the slightly uphill path from the medina to the cathedral stands the Anglican St. Andrew's Church, surrounded by a small cemetery garden .
- In the medina on the way to the port is the old Franciscan church with an adjoining monastery building, which is used by the sisters of the Mother Teresa Order Missionaries of Charity for social purposes.
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Coordinates: 35 ° 46 ′ 54.5 ″ N , 5 ° 49 ′ 4 ″ W.