-Meknes

Meknes, Volubilis, Fes

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April 20th 2009
This morning we walked to the old medina (walled city) of Meknes. There were many orange trees bearing fruit along the way and we figured out the hard way why no one picked them. Meknes probably has the most number of billboards with pictures of King Mohammed IV. Due to mis-direction by a local we walked through a non-touristy part of the medina before a boy re-directed us back to the central m ... read more

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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