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Maurice Tranchant de Lunel
French architect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maurice Tranchant de Lunel (25 November 1869, in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre – 1944, in La Seyne-sur-Mer), was a 20th-century French architect and writer.
Biography
An architect of historical monuments in Morocco, de Lunel was the designer of the Grand Mosque of Paris.[1]
In 1912 he was appointed director of the Department of Antiquities, fine art and historic monuments of the French protectorate in Morocco by Lyautey.[1] His mission was to preserve Moroccan monuments and establish a ranking list of historical monuments in Morocco.[2]
From 1920 to 1923 he was inspector of fine arts, antiques, monuments and architect of the Protectorate of Morocco.[1]
He was also a painter (watercolorist), illustrator and writer.[citation needed]
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Selected publications
- 1924: Au pays du paradoxe: Maroc (preface by Claude Farrère.)
- 1931: Le tour du monde en un jour à l'Exposition coloniale
- 1933: Je jongle avec les chiffres (Editions du Jardin des Modes)
- 1936: Chansons des quatre saisons
- 1939: La princesse des Baux, légende radiophonique en 4 tableaux avec les anciennes chansons provençales
- 1939: Baba-Yaga, conte radiophonique adaptation d'un conte populaire russe
- 1944: L'alphabet de la famille
- 1945: Petits métiers pour les enfants sages qui deviendront grands
- 1945: Les chansons de l'herbe et de la rosée
- 1945: Vacances en petits morceaux
- 1947: Petite géographie: pour les enfants sages
- 1954: Un Bouquet de proverbes pour les douze mois de l'an 1954
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