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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.
• 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.

See also

• Beit Yehuda Synagogue

References

1. Morocco. Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides. 2006. p. 134.
2. Humphrys, Darren (2008). Frommer's Morocco. John Wiley & Sons. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-470-18403-5.
3. 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) ISBN 978-0-921437-50-5. There is also a great deal on information about the other streets around this spot. Links (consulted on 18 May 2023), at https://maproom44.com/psr/monvol001.html and (for this and other related publications) https://utoronto.academia.edu/MartinMalcolmElbl and https://books.google.com/books?id=AeTBAgAAQBAJ

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History	History of Tangier Timeline List of European governors of Tangier Battle of Tangier (1664) English Tangier Tangier Garrison 1st Tangier Regiment 2nd Tangier Regiment Battle of Cape Spartel (1782) Treaty of Tangiers First Moroccan Crisis Tangier Protocol Tangier International Zone Administrators and Mendoubs Battle of Cape Spartel (1936)
Economy	Economy of Tangier Tangier Exportation Free Zone Tanger-med
Districts and streets	Tangier City Center Grand Socco Petit Socco Quartier du Marshan Rue Es-Siaghine Rue de la Liberté Avenue Pasteur Avenue d'Espagne Avenue Mohammed VI beach
Religious buildings	Grand Mosque of Tangier Kasbah Mosque Sidi Bou Abib Mosque Mohammed V Mosque Lalla Abla Mosque Church of the Immaculate Conception Anglican Church of St. Andrew French Church Roman Catholic Cathedral
Palaces and museums	Kasbah Palace Mendoubia Mendoub's Residence Marshan Palace Abdelhafid Palace American Legation Museum of Contemporary Art Fondation Lorin Musée de Carmen-Macein
Other buildings	Plaza de Toros bullring Borj en Naam Gran Teatro Cervantes Hotel Cecil Hotel Continental French Consulate General Café Hafa Tangerinn Villa Muniria
Schools and colleges	Tangier Anglo-Moroccan School American School of Tangier
Transport	Rabat-Tangier expressway Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
Sport and culture	Atletico Tanger IR Tanger Stade de Tanger Stade de Marchan Cap Radio (Morocco) National Cricket Stadium
Geography	Bay of Tangier Parc de la Mendoubia Colline du Charf Cape Spartel Cape Malabata

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