The Red Marrakech

in travel •  7 years ago 

Marrakech is also called the Red City and the capital city of Marrakech, the third largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco in terms of population density and located in the south-center. The population of the city was more than 920 thousand people in 2014. Joseph ibn Tashifin founded the city in 1062, which was named the school of Ibn Yusuf, the most famous schools in the city.

With its great cultural heritage, Marrakesh has become a global tourism destination and a venue for high-quality international conferences, with a special place in modern Morocco.
Marrakech is one of Morocco's biggest tourism destinations and attracts European tourists in particular. One of the major events in the city:

Marrakech Art Festival
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The city of Marrakech is rich in historical and cultural monuments that bear witness to a long history, including the walls of Marrakech, which is estimated to be about nine kilometers long and has doors, notably the door of Aknau and Doukkala.
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It has the Almoravid dome, a living witness that highlights the beauty of the Almoravid architecture, and contains artistic inscriptions with arches and shapes resembling a seven-star.

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Some of the ancient historians and geographers consider the palace in Marrakesh to be one of the wonders of the world because it contains four gardens, decorations, marble, crowns, columns with gold and multicolored tiles.
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One of the most famous landmarks of the city is the Koutoubia Mosque, the Ibn Youssef School and the Jemaa el Fna square, which is frequented by pilgrims from inside and outside Morocco. UNESCO considered it a humane oral heritage in 1997.
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