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This Roman home (in the rich neighborhood close to the center of town) was so similar to modern Moroccan riads. It has a pool in the entry way to cool the house and intricate mosaics on the floor. Something very unmoroccan is the mosaic of Poseidan surrounded by sea creatures at the foot of the pool. The pool also had underground chambers for the real fish to be in when the pool was drained for cleaning.
North to Oualili

June 24th 2008
It was hard leaving Rebecca and Maryam, but it was time to hit the road. Yesterday I left the house early in the morning and took a shared grand taxi to Ben Guerir where I caught a train north to Meknes. Hotel Maroc had been recommended to me and it's nice though after being used to the cheap hotels in Marrakech any other city seems expensive. This morning I got up early again (early on this va ... read more
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Moroccan Flag 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
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