The Hotel Continental, built in 1870, is one of the oldest hotels in
Tangier,
Morocco. The yellowing pages of the 19th-century guestbook refer to notable residents,
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is es ...
,
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
, and the Beat poets among them, and
Bernardo Bertolucci's
''The Sheltering Sky'' was partly filmed here. It is located in the Medina area of the city and some of the rooms overlook the harbor.
[Many Tangier landmarks and old images of these are explained in detail, in relation to the hotel's location, in Martin Malcolm Elbl, ''Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton'' (Baywolf Press: Toronto and Peterborough, 2013) ]
Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton
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Portuguese Tangier (1471-1662): Colonial Urban Fabric as Cross-Cultural Skeleton
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References
External links
Official website
Buildings and structures in Tangier
Hotels in Morocco
Hotel buildings completed in 1870
19th-century architecture in Morocco
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