HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 One day in our holidays we visited Tanger, a big harbour city in Marocco, North Africa.The interesting thing about Tanger is that the city was once a "open-city", led by several countries and governments. Still today there are british quarters in Tanger, french quarters, spain quarters, american quarters.... every quarter is looking different and has a different culture. Tanger and Marocco had a long history with many wars and enemies, still today you can find in the city relicts of all times and all nations........ here are some things that may interest you, but unfortunately taking pictures is not as easy as in other countries, not every picture is as good as I wanted or of some things I was not able to take more than one picture:N?1: a nice big canon near the harbour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 a long range shot.... poor quality but heavy artillery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 wonderful heavy artillery, of course looking to the sea.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 one more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 older and smaller..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 (edited) here a canon with arabic writing on it - maybe someone can translate it for us.... Edited August 19, 2007 by HeikoGrusdat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 now we have a french canon from the era of Napoleon III. (I think......), made in Toulouse in the year of 1863the tourist wanted to stay anonymous.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 the year of the production and the years of the inspections I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 and a look inside.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 two more big canons are looking over a wall of the Kasbah....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 and an old fortification watchtower of the Kasbah......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 one more canon looking over the city of Tanger and the harbour.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Thanks for sharing the photos. It looked like a great vacation. What was the American Quarter like? I cannot get over the amount of Artillery there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Paul, there was a lot of more artillery in this town, but you are not allowed to photograph soldiers and policemen in Marocco - and often they stood near to the artillery... The american quarter is one of the best quarters of Tanger, near to the best hill over the city where the king, the major and some rich arabic men have their houses.... nice and big houses, not to compare with the rest of the city!!! There is a house of Barbara Hutton too......American quarter: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeikoGrusdat Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 very nice houses near the american quarter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 (edited) Well., I'm not a gunner, but #2,3,4 seem to show a mid-nineteenth century heavy muzzle-loader, either British or American made. Many examples of these in US and British forts (all over the world for the Brit stuff).#16 looks like an early 19th/late 18th century bronze "long gun": a 32-36 pounder. No way to tell who cast it, I don't think, without close-ups but on the balance of probabilities, French or British.Great photos!Peter Edited August 19, 2007 by peter monahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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