The big market or bazary be

This grand hall( bazary be) is constructed in 1899 during the colonization period. At that time it was a market for the Europeans. It’s very strong hall because it could resist the violent cyclone in 1927, which was destroyed almost Tamatave town. It attracts a lot of persons here in Tamatave for their daily shoppings. [...]

Amiral Billard rue

After 1927 cyclone, the reconstruction and the extension of the town were taking a very important place here in Tamatave. Some Indians families who are Bohra community, I mean Indian muslims dwelt in this area and established their commerces on this rue. Now, this rue is still very busy and count a numerous of Indians [...]

Notre-Dame church

This Notre-Dame-de-Lourd was constructed after the 1927 cyclone. The construction decision was taken by reverend Father Eckert in 1925 facing a very huge number of believers in Tamatave, in particular Tanamakoa and Anjoma. However, the first construction was made by 100% wood and also destroyed by march 3th, 1927 cyclone. The church had been repared [...]

La gare( station)

This line malagasy rail way is made during a governor Joseph Gallieni period. The work was started in 1901, and it needed a huge number of workforces such as: Malagasy, Europeans, Arabs, Africans, and Indians. The rail way was inaugurated in march, 13th, 1913. Tamatave is the terminus of this TCE line (Tamatave Côte Est: [...]

Tamatave hall town

This actual hall town is dated in 1960. It had been constructed just after the iIndependence of Madagascar proclamation. At that time, it was an international funfair preparation period in 1963 here in Tamatave. The new mayor was Bezaka Alexis, who was the first Malagasy mayor in Tamatave. He chose the place for this hall [...]

Independence avenue

After having walked along Ratsimilaho boulevard, now let’s turn in our left and here we go. A very nice avenue for Independence.

In the beginning of colonization period, and before being a real avenue, this area was a place for horses racing. Then in 1930 it is becoming an avenue number one here in Tamatave and [...]

The port

Following along Ratsimilaho boulevard, you can enjoy a very nice view on the port. It was already existed before the colonization, it is made by Franco-Germany consortium in 1926 but it was also among of the cyclone 1927 victimes and three years later tehy continued again the construction and then it was inaugurated in [...]

The mosque

This first mosque was made in 1888, but it was still in wood. Muslims religion is divided in lot of branches such as: Sunnis and Shiite,…. This first mosque is for the Sunnis surtis muslims in the beginning. In the middle of 19th centuary, the Shiite, the more precisely is a Bohras, according to their [...]

Saint Joseph Cathedral

This cathedral is dated in 1930. It is the first catholic church here in Tamatave, which is erected at this place in 1876 but it was also among of the victims during the passage of very highgraded category of cyclone in 1927. But was replaced this actual cathedral, and it’s inaugurated in 1932. After [...]

The old continental hotel

This very old building that you see in the picture is an ancient hotel. In the beginning it was continental hotel, then french hotel, it was made with very light infrastructure in the beginning such as wood, ravimpontsy, falafa,….There was a lot of settler who stayed there when they arrived at the port in that [...]