Famous by the Jamaa El Fna, the leading city of the Almoravids was founded in 1070 and aims to the control of outlets Atlas near. It is from this rudimentary camp as depart the first military conquests.
Abu Bakr, the head of the Almoravids, undertook the construction of a Kasbah nicknamed "the stone castle", close to the Koutoubia current.
Marrakech became the capital of a vast empire under the reign of Youssef Ben Tachfine to extend, under the Almohads, to the border of Libya.
The first Almohad sovereign, Abdelmoumen, began the construction of the Koutoubia Mosque, his grand-son Yacoub El Mansour will complete a superb minaret, still visible today.
His son Youssef dug tanks and built a vast administrative area This is the culmination of Marrakech.
Built at the same time as "Giralda," Seville and "Tour Hassan", Rabat, the Koutoubia (XI century) is a genuine masterpiece of Moorish art. Its minaret soars to nearly 70 meters.
The sun illuminates Marrakech. Its rays light the pink marble fountains, invade tiled courtyards, beautiful dangle zelliges, warm turquoise colors, green, white mosaics, are lost in the stucco of the Bahia Palace and Dar Si Said Today museum containing the quintessence of Moroccan arts.
You're out of time.
The souk of copper may be where the marked face of a wise concentration, with an ancestral application, the coppersmiths hammering the metal. Or in the souk Laghzal dedicated to wool.
A el Btana the sheep skins.
Or the souk Zarbia at auction, where carpets and caftans are sold to the highest bidder ... You are elsewhere. Where the scents of saffron, cumin, black pepper, ginger, lemongrass, cloves, orange blossoms delight the nostrils. You are in the souks of Marrakech.
Were To Go:
- Les remparts.
-La place Jemaa el Fna.
-Les tombeaux saadiens.
-Médersa ben Youssef.
-Dar Si Said.
-Palais de la Bahia.
-Jardin Majorelle.
-La Ménara.
-La Palmeraie.
-La Mosquée Koutoubia.
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