after we talked about some beautiful cities in morocco so i think it's the time to talk about one of the cities that has a really long roots in the history of morocco, one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco with fez, Rabat, Marrakesh. meknas located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727)and that why Moroccan people still call it the city of Ismailia till now. Moulay Ismaïl who is son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty which still ruled morocco till nowadays. Sultan Moulay Ismaïl turned Meknes into an impressive city in Spanish-Moorish style, surrounded by high walls with great doors, where the harmonious blending of the Islamic and European styles of the 17th century Maghreb are still evident today. the walls and the great gate which build centuries ago still witness the greatness and the glory of morocco at that time.
here are some examples for the great gate and long walls which being used for a long time to protect the city from the invaders who wanted to go inside the city:
and here is an Aerial shot shows the whole city surrounded by the long wall which surrounding the whole city:
meknes even today play a really good rule in devloping the econome of the country, in addition to the historical places we can also talk about the nice new place in this city.
after we talked about some beautiful cities in morocco so i think it's the time to talk about one of the cities that has a really long roots in the history of morocco, one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco with fez, Rabat, Marrakesh. meknas located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727)and that why Moroccan people still call it the city of Ismailia till now. Moulay Ismaïl who is son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty which still ruled morocco till nowadays. Sultan Moulay Ismaïl turned Meknes into an impressive city in Spanish-Moorish style, surrounded by high walls with great doors, where the harmonious blending of the Islamic and European styles of the 17th century Maghreb are still evident today. the walls and the great gate which build centuries ago still witness the greatness and the glory of morocco at that time.
here are some examples for the great gate and long walls which being used for a long time to protect the city from the invaders who wanted to go inside the city:
and here is an Aerial shot shows the whole city surrounded by the long wall which surrounding the whole city:
meknes even today play a really good rule in devloping the econome of the country, in addition to the historical places we can also talk about the nice new place in this city.
meknas is a really wonderful choice so that people who want to visit it they will be able to see two other wonderful places if they want to enjoy theirself and descover more and more about the history so that the locaation of meknas will make you as near as possible to discover a place with visited by dozen thousands of visitors every month the first place is Moulay idriss zerhoun which is spread over two hills at the base of Mount Zerhoun, the holy town of Moulay Idriss Zerhoune holds a special place in the hearts of the Moroccan people. It was here that Moulay Idriss I arrived in 789, bringing with him the religion of Islam, and starting a new dynasty. In addition to founding the town named after him, he also initiated construction of Fez, continued later by his son, Moulay Idriss II. but the historical significance of this particular place is because it was the the first place that accepted the new religion of inslam which brought by Moulay idriss that why this town tried to thank this man by naming the town with his name: moulay idriss zerhoun .
and here are some pictures for the wonderful place Moulay idriss zerhoun the sacred place:
the other place visitors will be able to visit is the historical city of walili or Volubilis as it was known long time ago.it is a North African, Roman ruin located in Morocco, just a short distance outside of the historic city of Fez, and not far from the city of Meknes, and only a couple of miles from Moulay Idriss Zerhoun an important Islamic site in Morocoo. In 1997 the site was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. it makes for a wonderful place to visit while travelling in Morocco, as it is one of the largest ancient ruins in Africa. The countryside is spectacularly beautiful and it can be seen from all sides of the ruined site. here is some wonderful images for the wonderful walili:
coming back talking about the wonderful city meknas, which is also known by the traditional handicraft which considered a really important income sources for a lot of people in meknes and here are some picture of these wonderful handicraft:
in addition to that people of meknes and the the areas around it used to follow actually similar ways in the houses design i mean the inside they used to put what we called in Arabic ZELIGE to walls and marble In the ceilings
to add a kind of special aesthetic to their houses as the it shown in the images bellow:
at the end hope you like this.