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Residence of the Spanish Governor, Sidi Ifni. Postbox of the colonial period, Sidi Ifni. The General Residence in Tunis (1904). The Catholic Cathedral in Tunis. The Municipal theatre by Resplandy. The Belvédère Parc (1904). The Earl of Cromer (1841-1917) by John Singer Sargent.
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The General Residence in Tunis (1904) The Catholic Cathedral in Tunis
The Municipal theatre by Resplandy The Belvédère Parc (1904)
The Algerian senatus consulte of July 14, 1865 “The Muslim native is French; however, he will continue to be subjected to Muslim law. He may be admitted to serve in the terrestrial and marine Army. He may be called to functions and civil employment in Algeria. He may, on his demand, be admitted to enjoy the rights of a French citizen; in this case, he is subjected to the political and civil laws of France.”
‘Christian populations of Alsatian and Lorraine, in this moment on the roads of France, Switzerland and Belgium, who are escaping your burnt homes, your devastated fields, Algeria, the African France, through my voice of bishop, is opening her doors to you and is holding out her arms. Here, you will find, for you, for your children, for your families, lands, more abundant and fertile that those left in the hands of the invader. • Under a sky even more mild and beautiful than your, in a climate that quickly fascinates all the people that have lived in Algeria, you could build villages made up solely by inhabitants of your provinces, and where you will maintain the language, the traditions and the faith of your native land. • There you will find priests of your country who will talk to you and to teach you. We will give you them as shepherds; you could, as settlers from provinces neighbouring Alsace and Lorraine have already done, give to the centres created by your initiative the names of your towns, your villages, that are dear because they belong to the motherland.’ (Lavigerie, 1871)
‘Basically, if I succeeded in Morocco, with the task that the Republican government entrusted me there, it is for the same reasons that made me useless in France. I succeeded because I am a monarchist and I was in a monarchist country. There was the Sultan, whose authority I always respected and supported. I was a believer, and Morocco was a religious country. I think that a prosperous national life is not possible, if there is no place for religious feeling, and religious disciplines. I believe in charity, in the necessity of a hierarchical social life. I am favourable to aristocracy, to the government of the best. I saw that there were separate schools for children from different social classes: they did not mix. I respected all this.’ (Lyautey)