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<p>View of the decorative gate to the gardens</p>

<p>View of the palm trees in the garden, a dog sleeping on the grass</p>

<p>View of the facade during rehabilitation</p>

View of the swimming pool, probably at Villa Harris

<p>View of the facade during renovation, with crenelations and horseshoe arch doors and windows</p>

<p>View from across the street to the decorative garden gate</p>

<p>View to the public gardens around the Villa Harris Museum</p>

Portrait of man in European dress at Villa Harris

This villa was designed in the the end of the 19th-century by Walter Burton Harris, author and reporter for The Times of London, as his home. It was constructed in Moorish Revival style, with elaborate zellij, stucco, and carved wood. After Harris died in 1932, it was later converted into a Casino-Resort by Spanish entrepreneur Onofre Zapata. It was sold in the 1960s to Club Mediterranée resort.

When Club Mediterranée left Tangier in 1992, the villa was abandoned and deteriorated for several decades. In 2007, it was designated a building of National Historic value. In 2021, it opened as a museum.

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Avenue Mohamed VI, Tangier, Morocco

foundation (organization)

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public/cultural

zelij

stucco

restoration and conservation