Cleaning the palace gates

Memories of Spain and Morocco - Fes, 1989 October 8 - 9

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October 8th 1989
Left-over cheese and biscuits came in handy on the ferry from Algeciras to Ceuta. We were expected to buy lunch, but I didn’t want to go down into the hole on that little bucketing ferry. I preferred the blasting wind on top, and picked my way through most of the cheese and half of the plain ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more