Rue Es-Siaghine (Arabic: زنقة الصياغين, meaning Silversmith's Street, also transliterated as Rue Siaghin or Rue Siaghine) is a street in Tangier, Morocco. Under Roman rule it was the decumanus maximus, the main thoroughfare of the city. 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 the Petit Socco in the medina of Tangier.
Buildings
At No. 44 is the Fondation Lorin, an arts centre which is also located along the street with displays dating back to the 1930s. At No. 47 is Dar Niaba, a former administrative building noted for its courtyard growing oranges. From 1851 to 1920 the building served as the residence of the naib, the Moroccan high official who served as an intermediary between the sultan and foreign ambassadors.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) . There is also a great deal on information about the other streets around this spot. Links (consulted on 18 May 2023), at https://maproom44.com/psr/monvol001.html and (for this and other related publications) https://utoronto.academia.edu/MartinMalcolmElbl and At No. 51 is the Church of the Immaculate Conception, which was built by the Spanish in the 1880s and became the centre of the Christian community in Tangier. At No. 58 is the Fondak Siaghine, a built c. 1810. It is organized around a central courtyard encircled by a two-floor gallery with horseshoe arches. Fondak Siaghine At No. 91 is the three-story structure built as retail shop in 1917 by the Jewish banker Moses Nahon. In 1951, it became a Monoprix, and eventually, a bazaar, selling handicrafts and antiques. Today is closed and for sale.91 rue Siaghine
See also Beit Yehuda Synagogue
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