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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rabat (Rabat-Salé, Wilaya de, Morocco)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: Protectorate Period construction, ca. 1914-1932, other date: launch of tramway, May 23, 2011en_US
dc.creatorLaprade, Alberten_US
dc.creatorLaforgue, Adrienen_US
dc.creatorForestier, Jean Claude Nicolasen_US
dc.creatorProst, Henrien_US
dc.dateca. 1914-1932en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-02T16:42:20Z
dc.date.available2013-04-02T16:42:20Z
dc.date.issued1917-1932en_US
dc.identifier176353en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/111865
dc.descriptionThis is the main artery of Rabat, running from intersecting Avenue Laalou in the north, where one of the city gates was demolished, and ending at the Jamaa Al-Souna in the South. It encompasses what used to be known as rue el Gza, Bab Jdid and Bab Teben, avenue Dar el Makhzen, cours Lyautey and avenue des Touarga. A primarily residential area, it became the administrative center of Morocco under the French protectorate. It runs through the old Medina and the Ville Nouvelle and was conceived by city planners working under Marshal Lyautey as a means to join the traditional and modern parts of the city. The first commercial construction began in 1915, and it became an administrative center when construction started buildings for the operations of the French authorities. The Parliament, Central Bank, main strain station, Central Post Office, are all found along this street, in between gardens, cafes, palm trees and shopping. In the Protectorate era a tram ran the length of the Avenue. A new system was restored to the Avenue in 2011.en_US
dc.descriptiongeneral view, early 20th century bank building, 1993en_US
dc.relation.ispartof143077en_US
dc.rights(c) 1993 Ahmet Ersoyen_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectRoadsen_US
dc.subjectCapital citiesen_US
dc.subjectPedestrian areasen_US
dc.subjectMorocco --History --1912-1956en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture --Moroccoen_US
dc.subjectAvenuesen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, French colonialen_US
dc.subjectCity planning --Moroccoen_US
dc.subjectTramsen_US
dc.subjectMaghreben_US
dc.subjectBanks (Buildings)en_US
dc.titleAvenue Mohammed Ven_US
dc.title.alternativeSharia' Muhammad al-Khamisen_US
dc.title.alternativeBoulevard Mohammed Ven_US
dc.title.alternativeAvenue Dar al-Makhzenen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode10-11en_US
vra.culturalContextMoroccanen_US
vra.culturalContextBerberen_US
vra.worktypeAvenueen_US
dc.contributor.displayarchitect: Albert Laprade (French, 1883-1978), architect: Adrien Laforgue (Uruguayan, 1871-1952), architect: Henri Prost (French, 1874-1959), landscape architect: Jean Claude Nicolas Forestier (French, 1861-1930)en_US


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