The Marshan Palace is a palace of the

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in the Marshan neighborhood of

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Legislative Assembly of the Tangier International Zone

The building was initially erected in the early 1950s as the seat of the Legislative Assembly of the

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''Maison de Tanger''

Following the

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in 1956 and its proclamation as a kingdom on 14 August 1957, the building was repurposed as a property of the Monarchy. In the early years following independence, it was known as the ("House of Tangier"). From 27 to 30 April 1958, it was the venue of the Tangier Conference, a gathering of representatives from newly independent Morocco and Tunisia and from the

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(FLN), which promoted a vision for a future united North Africa that unraveled in the subsequent years. Participants in the Tangier Conference included

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, and

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from the FLN;

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, Ahmed Tlili, and Abdelhamid Chaker from the Tunisian

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party; and

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, Ahmed Balafrej,

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, and

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from the Moroccan

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. The conference was chaired by Allal al-Fassi.

Royal palace

In the 2010s, King Mohammed VI had the palace revamped to make it into a venue for diplomatic events. On , Mohammed VI and French President

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made there a communication dubbed the "Tangier Call" () about the need to fight

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. Across the street from the Marshan Palace lies the

Mendoub's Residence The Mendoub's Residence or Dar al-Mandub (, ), formerly known as the Forbes Museum of Tangier, is a cultural monument and property located on Mohammed Tazi Street in the Marshan neighborhood of Tangier, Morocco. History Residence of the ''Mendo ...

, the former mansion of the Mendoub (representative of the

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in Tangier) that later hosted the Forbes Museum of Tangier from 1970 to 1990.

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Legislative Assembly of the Tangier International Zone

''Maison de Tanger''

Royal palace

See also

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