tangier
Hotel Continental
The Continental was (and is) the dowager of Tangier hotels, the first established. Perched above the harbour, it’s here Equi meets Chief Inspector Inman at the novel’s beginning.
Here is a collection of images of Tangier to sample Equi’s city before WWII. The expanding Villa Nouvelle or European town was enclosing the old medina with a range of European styles including Art Deco and Beaux Arts. New streets had names like Pasteur, Rembrandt, Belgique and Magellan. Signs were in Spanish, French and Arabic –sometimes English.
I am grateful to Dr Philip Abensur, author of Tanger Entre Orient et Occident (2009) for kind permission to use images from his wonderful book.
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![Renschhausen](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511820735544-38ZTX2U08QJH4GQCJ0KG/p.108+bottom.jpg)
Renschhausen
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![El Minzah](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511820816022-ZPZ8XZOAMUAMWMEGNJJ9/p.107+top.jpg)
El Minzah
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![The Hotel Cecil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511820857970-ZY6WBJNA7QLX9QG80PJY/p.102+top.jpg)
The Hotel Cecil
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![Hotel Grand Villa de France](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511820899738-1IZ7C50FVOAPIF8OW65B/p.104+top.jpg)
Hotel Grand Villa de France
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![Grand Valentina Hotel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511820963702-Q8X32ZC984TRGPZGIHZI/p.105+bottom.jpg)
Grand Valentina Hotel
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![Rue des Siaghines](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511821025536-C5K3XYDNX5LM2GNDJVFF/p.86+top.jpg)
Rue des Siaghines
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![Grand Socco (a)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511821097890-NYZNUDIW0MPAD31XEJKP/p.51+bottom.jpg)
Grand Socco (a)
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![Grand Socco (b)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511821219516-4DDXCS7SPA44Q4JHRVUT/p.51+top.jpg)
Grand Socco (b)
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![Place du Telegraphe Anglais](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511821279685-VA43VBK1X26GI3E3NI5P/p.77+bottom.jpg)
Place du Telegraphe Anglais
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![The French Legation](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511821364468-66G548RZLHGTY5WRQMNE/p.80+bottom.jpg)
The French Legation
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![Teatro Cervantes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511821456217-6G2ZIODR51B0DJ1WFKOZ/p.108+top.jpg)
Teatro Cervantes
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![Boulevard Pasteur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511821524826-GI88OYHUCI2RUMEOAW54/p.113.jpg)
Boulevard Pasteur
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![Boulevard Pasteur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511983907896-401PYFV6Q6AO2GM810CA/p.116+bottom.jpg)
Boulevard Pasteur
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![Place de France](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511984030976-S0Y32YE4VCS1ZY0TA464/p.115+bottom.jpg)
Place de France
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![French Legation and Cafe de Paris](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511984169450-D6L6VH1BVOEWLWVX8X8Z/p.115+top.jpg)
French Legation and Cafe de Paris
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![International Administration building](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511984367976-KS8NVKMWF6KDV5ZGUZQL/p.117+bottom.jpg)
International Administration building
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![Ville Nouvelle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511984506035-I6PEQDPGTUE2N85HCGU2/p.117+top.jpg)
Ville Nouvelle
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![Villas on the Rue de Belgique](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511984892871-DCYOTFH9FKY835P3M4DQ/p.118+bottom.jpg)
Villas on the Rue de Belgique
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![Italian Institute](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511985385313-278Z8FQDO0C64C2C25GX/p.97+bottom.jpg)
Italian Institute
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![Porte's](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511986019992-QV2DU5UEV46U8840MAF1/p.106+top.jpg)
Porte's
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![Hotel El Minzah courtyard 1936](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511986369140-DO3DK0ML5I6VNVREJDVN/DSC_0276.jpg)
Hotel El Minzah courtyard 1936
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![Rue des Siaghines](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511986249452-1R5XT8RRY47C1MAE8USH/DSC_0274.jpg)
Rue des Siaghines
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![Harbour](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511986493136-104GG8L16YGBTDVFWFTK/DSC_0285.jpg)
Harbour
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![Charf](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511985853980-LEW7B3HJSPM9VAHGH9HG/DSC_0278.jpg)
Charf
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![Tanger la plage 1934](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511987056217-QWWKCXAHYUGWUS8PDU1A/DSC_0289.jpg)
Tanger la plage 1934
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![Crowd: 1940](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1511986581464-6RJPY4G97PJXC2FWMRX1/DSC_0281.jpg)
Crowd: 1940
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![Grand Socco (c)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1512243206032-W603MYQVKE2TBR7OAEIM/Tangier_in_1930s.jpg)
Grand Socco (c)
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![Medina Gate 1940 (a)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1512243244647-UZQ9CH66UQWVYN5A8BV3/tspa_0117868f.jpg)
Medina Gate 1940 (a)
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![Medina Gate (b)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038349372-B8NUYK0KTL2BKIMLSD2H/182-Tanger-BabEtSokko.jpg)
Medina Gate (b)
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![Port Gate](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038266912-MHMI76DMRT6CUBPKD0GG/90-Tanger-VouteDeLaDouane.jpg)
Port Gate
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![Medina](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038339612-79F6AH8QN15J4T32B2DP/152-Tanger-Monte%CC%81eDeLaCasbah.jpg)
Medina
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![Medina](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038159486-FF1CMOBJGO8LKLAF1JLH/56-Tanger-QuartierArabe.jpg)
Medina
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![Medina](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038139757-GL7VS3JOXAH1EGMFYHPG/59-Tanger-PalmierDesAissacuas.jpg)
Medina
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![Medina](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038222565-5IZFK3V4J2OMVHVPE1KA/29-Tanger-LesTroisPortes.jpg)
Medina
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![Medina](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038347534-PIKH89PEM02UXWF4DTE2/23-Tanger-LaGrandeMosque%CC%81e.jpg)
Medina
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![Medina](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ed52c5b07869946966973b/1513038330896-B8ISBW588IDNYS18OFV4/21-Tanger-LaMosquedesAissaouas.jpg)
Medina