Church of Saint Andrew, Tangier

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Church of St. Andrew

View of the church

The Church of Saint Andrew is an Anglican church in Tangier, Morocco, consecrated in 1905.

History

In 1880, Hassan I of Morocco donated land to the British community in order to build a small Anglican church in Tangier. After a church was built, it was found that it was not sufficient for the increasing number of worshippers, and a new one was built in 1894 which became the Church of Saint Andrew. It was consecrated in 1905. The interior is designed as a fusion of numerous styles, notably Moorish. The belltower, shaped like a minaret, overlooks the adjacent cemetery.

Among the people buried in the church there is Emily Keene (1849–1944), the woman who allegedly introduced the cholera vaccine to Morocco. She was a British humanitarian who married the Shareef of Wazan, a local religious leader. She died in Tangier and there is a plaque in the western side of the church to commemorate her. Others include Sir Harry McLean (1848–1920), Paul Lund (1915–1966) and Walter Harris, (1866–1933), a British writer.

References

Among the people commemmorated in the church are Emily Keene, Sherifa of Wazzzan - her actual grave is in the Wazzan family burial ground in the Marshan district of Tangier overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. Also buried in the churchyard is Commander Roy Howell RN, husband of Alexandria-born Claire de Menasce whose daughter, Claude Vincendon, was the third wife of Lawrence Durrell.

External links

• Guildhall Library
• planetware.com/tangier Planetware
• Flickr images