Maurice Tranchant de Lunel (25 November 1869, in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre – 1944, in La Seyne-sur-Mer), was a 20th-century French architect and writer.
An architect of historical monuments in Morocco, Maurice Tranchant de Lunel was the designer of the Grand Mosque of Paris.[1]
In 1912, he was appointed director of the Department of Antiquities, fine art and historic monuments of the French protectorate in Morocco by Lyautey.[1] His mission was to preserve Moroccan monuments and establish a ranking list of historical monuments in Morocco.[2]
From 1920 to 1923, he was inspector of fine arts, antiques, monuments and architect of the Protectorate of Morocco.[1]
He was also a painter (watercolorist), illustrator and writer.