In January and February 2006 Dr. Kiracofe traveled through Morocco and Tunisia to photograph examples of the development of Islamic architecture from the earliest examples through the most modern monuments as well as surviving examples of the previous civilizations, Punic, Roman, and Byzantine. These slides, digital images and digital scans of the slides are currently available. They have been catalogued with complete meta data in spreadsheet format.
North African Sites include:
Rabat, Meknes, Fez, Volubilis, Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Essouaira, Casablanca, Assilah, Tangier, Chefchaouen, Tetuan, and Larache in Morocco and Tunis, Dougga, Kairouan, Testour, Thuburbo Majus, Sousse, El Jem, Sfax, Tatouine, Utica, and Carthage, among others, in Tunisia.
For examples of specifically Islamic art and architecture of North Africa, please use the navigation button on the left to go to the Islamic Art and Architecture page.
Gallery of Images
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I reserve all rights to the following images. They are provided free of charge for educational purposes here, and may be freely accessed for viewing within the context of this website for educational purposes. However, these images are protected by copyright law and may not be copied for any purpose by any means without prior permission. The original slides, or high resolution scans via e-mail are available for academic use to interested scholars upon inquiry at
drkiracofe@interamericaninstitute.org
I have provided a small group representative images here. A complete set of images from these sites, either from original digital photography or slide duplicates (both formats were used in the original work) or scans of the original slide images together with metadata in spreadsheet format, is also available, for a fee, to accredited institutions for on campus educational use.
Complete catalogues are available upon request.
Because the images presented here are intended only as samples they have been reduced in size and pixel count from the originals. However you may click on any of the thumbnails below to view them at 22% of original size. Use the Back button on your browser to return to thumbnail. Full size high resolution images are available.
Islamic Art and Architecture In North Africa
Roman Art in Africa
Morocco
Volubilis
Tunisia
Dougga
Thuburbo Majus
El Jem
Udna
Utica
Sbeitla
Traditional Architecture and Street Scenes
Morocco
Chefchaouen
Ait Ben Haloud
Dades Valley
Tunisia
