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The Spanish Church of the Immaculate Conception,also called La Purisima |
The Spanish Church of the Immaculate Conception,also called
La Purisima,was erected in
1871,when
Spanish government acquired the building for a residential development of Franciscan monks in Catholic mission in Morocco.The inauguration of that Religious Temple took place in
1880
and it is dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin.You can admire a small
patio with orange trees reminding the famous Andalusian courtyards of
Cordoba and Seville and a beautiful tower.Nearby the Church you can see
a painted wall of the British Bank of West Africa located there in the past and also the building
Dar Niaba, the old French Legation residence dated the year
1820 with a beautiful Moorish courtyard and a charming rectangular stoned portal.
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