Immaculate Conception Church
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Spanish Church or La Purísima, is a Roman Catholic church built in 1880–1881 in Tangier, Morocco.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Tangier
- Also known as: “Church of the Immaculate Conception”, “Eglise Espagnole la purisima Spanish Catholic Mission”, and “Spanish church, Tangier”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include American Legation, Tangier and Petit Socco.
American Legation, Tangier
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tangier American Legation, officially the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, is a building in the medina of Tangier, Morocco, that formerly housed the United States diplomatic mission to Morocco. American Legation, Tangier is situated 160 metres south of Immaculate Conception Church.
Petit Socco
Photo: Kwikkode, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Petit Socco, also known as the Place Souk Dakhel, or in Spanish as Zoco Chico, is a small square in the medina quarter of Tangier, Morocco.
Sidi Bou Abid Mosque
Mosque
Photo: chris-yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sidi Bou Abid Mosque is a mosque overlooking the Grand Socco medina area of central Tangier, Morocco from the southwest. It was built in 1917 and is decorated in polychrome tiles. Sidi Bou Abid Mosque is situated 250 metres southwest of Immaculate Conception Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laaouama.
Laaouama
Village
Laaouama is a small town and rural commune in Fahs-Anjra Province of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 20,541 people living in 3834 households. Laaouama is situated 7 km south of Immaculate Conception Church.
Immaculate Conception Church
- Categories: heritage, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tanger-Medina, Tangier, Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, Mediterranean Morocco, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.78521° or 35° 47′ 7″ northLongitude
-5.81148° or 5° 48′ 41″ westOpen location code
8C7PQ5PQ+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 7264500114OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q25206259
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Immaculate Conception Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة الحبل بلا دنس”
- Arabic: “لكنيسة الاسبانية ، طنجة”
- Basque: “Sortzez Garbiaren eliza”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة الحبل بلا دنس”
- French: “église espagnole”
- French: “Église espagnole”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Maria Dikandung Tanpa Noda, Tangier”
- Spanish: “iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción”
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