Name of Object:

The Moroccan Embassy in Rome

Other name of the Object (second name):

The Sultan of Morocco’s ambassador who visited Italy in 1890 and some of his entourage (four captains, the interpreter, two servants)

Name in original language:

L’Ambasciata marocchina a Roma (da fotografie del conte Luigi Primoli)

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Library of Modern and Contemporary History

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca di Storia Moderna e Contemporanea

Date of Object:

1890

Description:

In June 1890, the Sultan of Morocco sent an Ambassador to Italy (Hagi El Maati el Mazamizi), to meet the Italian King and present him with gifts.
The Ambassador was received with the highest honours. He met with the Italian Prime Minister and with the King, who offered him a gala dinner.
In these pictures one can see (from the top left): four captains who escorted Morocco’s Ambassador, his interpreter Lamfaddal Elkabbagi, the Ambassador on a carriage arriving at the King’s palace, Hamed (one of the Ambassador’s servants), Pà Nadan (another servant), and two children travelling with the Ambassador on the hotel’s terrace.

Type of Object

Photo published in a journal

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

La Tribuna illustrata, a. I, n. 26, 29 June 1890, p. 404

Citation of this web page:

Giulia Barrera "The Moroccan Embassy in Rome" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;48;en

Prepared by: Giulia Barrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 048