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, 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.