Maurice Tranchant de Lunel (25 November 1869,
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre – 1944,
La Seyne-sur-Mer
La Seyne-sur-Mer (; "La Seyne on Sea"; oc, La Sanha), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 62,888. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is ...
), was a 20th-century French architect and writer.
Biography
An architect of historical monuments in Morocco, Maurice Tranchant de Lunel was the designer of the
Grand Mosque of Paris
The Grand Mosque of Paris (french: Grande Mosquée de Paris), also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, is located in the 5th arrondissement and is one of the largest mosques in France. There are prayer rooms, an outdoo ...
.
[Théliol Mylène]
Le Service des beaux-arts, antiquités et monuments historiques, clef de voûte de la politique patrimoniale française au Maroc sous la résidence de Lyautey (1912–1925)
''Outre-mers'', tome 98, n°370-371, 1er semestre 2011. Le contact colonial dans l'empire français : XIXe–XXe siècles, sous la direction de Maria Romo-Navarrete et Sarah Mohamed-Gaillard, pp. 185-193 (DOI : 10.3406/outre.2011.4545)
In 1912, he was appointed director of the Department of Antiquities, fine art and historic monuments of the
French protectorate in Morocco
The French protectorate in Morocco (french: Protectorat français au Maroc; ar, الحماية الفرنسية في المغرب), also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco between 1912 to 1956. The prote ...
by
Lyautey.
His mission was to preserve Moroccan monuments and establish a ranking list of historical monuments in Morocco.
[Nadège Theilborie,]
La patrimonialisation du Maroc, entre tradition et rupture de l’héritage français
, ''Livraisons de l'histoire de l'architecture'' 23 (2012); DOI : 10.4000/lha.130
From 1920 to 1923, he was inspector of fine arts, antiques, monuments and architect of the Protectorate of Morocco.
He was also a painter (watercolorist), illustrator and writer.
Selected publications
*1924
''Au pays du paradoxe: Maroc''(preface by
Claude Farrère.)
*1931
''Le tour du monde en un jour à l'Exposition coloniale''*1933: ''Je jongle avec les chiffres'' (Editions du Jardin des Modes)
*1936: ''Chansons des quatre saisons''
*1939: ''La princesse des Baux, légende radiophonique en 4 tableaux avec les anciennes chansons provençales''
*1939: ''Baba-Yaga, conte radiophonique adaptation d'un conte populaire russe''
*1944: ''L'alphabet de la famille''
*1945: ''Petits métiers pour les enfants sages qui deviendront grands''
*1945: ''Les chansons de l'herbe et de la rosée''
*1945: ''Vacances en petits morceaux''
*1947: ''Petite géographie: pour les enfants sages''
*1954: ''Un Bouquet de proverbes pour les douze mois de l'an 1954''
References
Sources
* François Pouillon
''Dictionnaire des orientalistes de langue française'' 2012
External links
Maurice Tranchant de Lunelon
data.bnf.fr
Maurice Tranchant de Lunelon Marocpluriel
on Maroc-Méditerranée
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1869 births
People from La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
1944 deaths
20th-century French architects
20th-century French non-fiction writers