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| Keywords: Tangier 5184a.jpg Tangier is a Moroccan port city located near the Strait of Gibraltar Originally an ancient Phoenician trading post and later became a Carthaginian and then a Roman settlement After five centuries of Roman rule it was captured successively by the Vandals Byzantines and Arabs At the cross-roads of Europe and Africa of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Tangier opens the door onto Morocco There is still an air of mystery about the city going back to the time when Tangier was an international zone Since Tingis was founded in the IVth century BC Carthaginians Romans Phoenicians Vandals Arabs Spaniards Portuguese and the English have jealously fought for the right to control it No African city is closer to Europe no other Orient is more dearly loved by European or American artists - painters musicians or authors Delacroix Saint-Sains Matisse Van Dongen Tenesse Williams Jean Genet Joseph Kessel William Burroughs and Paul Bowles to name but a few have all lived in Tangier 2006-03-23 own Aires dos Santos Tangier | ||||
