American Legation, Tangier

What is now the American Legation in Tangiers, originally consisted of the one center house and was a gift to the United States from the Sultan upon the signing of the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship. It has expanded over the years as the surrounding houses were bought up.

After the move to Rabat as the diplomatic captial, after the country gained its independence, the Legation was abandoned as a diplomatic building. Over the years it proceeded to be used by the US government as consul offices and Peace Corps offices, among other things.

The American Legation has since been converted into a museum on Moroccan-American relations and artists of Tangiers.