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Tangier Old Legation: America's First Diplomatic Property [1]

['Lauren Aitken']

Date: 2023-08-21 21:38:09+00:00

The Tangier American Legation is a symbol of cultural exchange

between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States. The

Legation’s presence in the Medina attests to bilateral ties formed

during the American Revolution and affirmed by the Treaty of

Friendship (1786). Gifted to the U.S. in 1821, the Legation property

was integral to the coalition forging the Cape Spartel Lighthouse

Treaty, a precedent for the League of Nations, and again during

WWII Operation Torch.



The U.S. diplomatic corps worked from the Legation for 140 years.

The building’s additive construction mirrored the growth of the American delegation, bridging a narrow street and expanding

around a courtyard of neo-Moorish design.

The Legation is the only U.S. National Historic Landmark in a

foreign country. It is also recognized on the National Register of

Historic Places (1981) and one of the first inscribed on the

Secretary of State’s Register of Culturally Significant Property

(2001).

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