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Maurice Tranchant de Lunel

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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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