Restoration

All the columns have been restored. Nothing was left standing when French archiologists began restoring the site in the 50s, during the Protectorate. Restoration work was done in brick. The gray stone is all original.

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

Africa » Morocco » Meknès-Tafilalet » Meknes

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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