Join Cara, John and their daughter Abi as they visit Meknes one of the most fascinating medinas in North Africa is found in the agricultural heartland of Morroco only 60 kms from Fez. This city was transformed from a provincial town to an imperial city virtually overnight by one of Moroccos most tyrannical rulers. The [...]
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Medina of Meknes
décembre 24th, 2010 
simograf The land upon which the city is founded and much of its surrounding territory came under the domination of the Roman Empire in 117 AD. The original community from which Meknes can be traced was an 8th century Kasbah, or fortress. A Berber tribe called the Miknasa settled there in the 10th century, and a [...]
