Tourism in the city of Meknes / Morocco

The city of Meknes in the north of the Kingdom, 140 km east of the Moroccan capital Rabat is the capital of the Meknès-Tafilalt, which includes the state labor Meknes and eyebrow region and labor regions of Ifrane, Khenifra, Errachidia. A population of about one million people.

 
This region, which extends over an area of ​​79,210 square Kelmtr any occupies about 11% of the total Moroccan soil. A variety of terrain and climate, and home to the region, according to statistics 1994: 73% of the total population of Morocco. The city of Meknes is divided into two parts and the new city including the old city and the city of Meknes is located at the crossroads of trade routes which linked between several destinations, making it a transit area and stability since the Old Testament, which gained great importance when the successive rulers of Morocco
Built this city monarch upper Moulay Ismail at the end of the seventeenth century to be the capital of his kingdom, and excelled in building and creativity, Bringing the hands of the technical working constructed doors enormous and as emerges from the ground, as well as fences infinite surrounding Bastblatt and stores the Great, has been drawing Moulay Ismail himself PA lines of the palaces and gardens and ponds and go too far in achieving the aspirations which had long been the vast superiority of dreams. And Meknes is one of the four historical capitals of the Kingdom of Morocco

One of the greatest effects that amaze tourists, the famous Bab Mansour Bnicohh huge mosaic and antique Bosoarh Royal Palace and the tomb of Moulay Ismail, worm gears and a mosque, Sidi Othman, the palace and the university, which is a museum of Moroccan art
Meknes, full of honorable tell him on the walls and towers and has been credited with the historic Hmokh towering Atlas Mountains and the mountains that surround it Zerhoune of each hand. The city of Meknes, the city of the Arab Islamic civilization and glorious history.

 
Perhaps the historical monuments were stationed on its shores is a prosecution witness, rooted in the depths of history, the authenticity of this city. It Bosoarha, towers, gardens, palaces, mosques and their role and Sagayatea, Bassahatha and minarets and mosques, Bzoayaha and alleys, customs and traditions of its inhabitants is a vibrant museum and a living witness to the history of the present

 Which people deserve to be recognized as the international community a universal human heritage. We note from the outset that the current situation of historical monuments Lgel Meknes is good thanks to the continuing care, which has become the toast them. And the great work that has made the courtyard of Bab Mansour Alj cultural space and exhibition Kroaq permanent fine arts, like the door of lives, Rabat, Marrakech, Bab Doukkala, each of us deserves mention.

 
Characterized Meknes temperate climate in summer tends to be cold in winter, and features Bnuah stunning mountain the most important of Ifrane, which Alqubha tourists to the "Switzerland of Africa" because of Valadtha beautiful scenery like mountains, "Alps" Butlugea and trees Albasagh, also features a ski center on Mount Mhleven (2000 meters ) and Harry (1.600 meters) in addition to the cities of Azrou, Khenifra Besnaathma notorious for being the ancient and traditional centers for fishing, hunting and mountain Bmnachhma health

The city is situated area of ​​agricultural ground, at the crossroads of trade routes which linked between several destinations, making it a transit area and stability since the Old Testament, especially in the Middle Ages, where emerged the name of the first metropolis, and in modern times as the capital of the most prominent capitals that have played an important role in the history of the Muslim West

Stationed flourished with the advent of the city, featured some of the neighborhoods most important trachea Almoravid "Takart" as carpenters built a mosque and surrounded the city wall at the end of their reign. The neighborhood is still a place near the mosque built by carpenters stationed oldest neighborhoods of the city. Under the combined city was prosperous urban where the expansion of the Grand Mosque in the era of Mohamed Al-Nasser (1199-1213), and provide the city with water by a sophisticated system from the eye. "Takma" to meet the needs of the baths, mosques and waterings also known as the Covenant, the emergence of new neighborhoods such as the neighborhood pigeons new inspired by Mr. Ahmed Bin Khadra.

 
  Marinid era city saw the stability of many of the Andalusians, who came to Meknes, after the fall of the most important centers of Andalusia. He built the Marinid Sultan Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1269 - 1286 m) outside the Kasbah Almudbna did not hold, unless the mosque known Balala return. As defined Mcnash olive build schools obsolete Filalh teacher, school and school Albuananah reverse, and mosques such as Masjid, a mosque, Blue Raspberry, and the Treasury of the Great Mosque and Marstan the new door and bathroom peduncle

 In the era of the upper state, especially during the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismail, the city regained its status as the capital of the state, so I knew brighter periods of its history. Has built the buildings of a religious nature as a mosque door and Bardeian Zaytuna Mosque and the Mosque of Sidi Said, and suggest these mosques beacons through the method of decorating the impact of Saadi and clear. In addition to palaces and other important buildings, the Sultan Moulay Ismail, the construction of the large house on the ruins of the Kasbah Marinid and part of the old city.

 
He also completed several parks (Searawih - Sawani), and stables for horses and stores of grain and to supply the tank with water districts, and took the city by walls punctuated by several large urban towers and gates of a historic kebab Mansour and Bab Bardeian

 Near these doors has prepared several stations, hotels or a break from afar, while the market was organized and defined by the type of craft or industry, markets such as carpentry, blacksmithing and other market. The city of Meknes Bashsaah area and the multiplicity of historical buildings and walls where Moulay Ismail shrouded walls stretching along 40 km, interspersed with a range of architectural doors and huge towers.
Meknes agricultural area characterized by a lot of olive trees, which take advantage of it a lot of the times and the extraction of oil, and olive oil Meknassi known its quality, and purity, and joy
As well as the region is famous for its vineyards and which is characterized by its quality and is exported to European capitals
The city of Meknes, one of the most productive cities in Morocco of agricultural crops, given the right climate and the abundance of rain water

 Important areas

· Hmria: the modern city's commercial area
· Ahudam Square Antique Market and the old
· Alahbul. Gardens built by Moulay Ismail
· The old city: which is located inside the old city wall built by the Sultan Moulay Ismail months and landmarks: the knives and Street Alroamazin
· Zaytuna Mosque, one of the oldest mosque in Meknes, Morocco, in general, which retains the original character
· Albuananah school. That came out of hundreds of scholars and reciters and preachers
· Palace Sultan Ismail Alaoui

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