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Meknes is a city in northern Morocco,
located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat
and 60 kilometres from Fes. It is served by
the A2 expressway between those two cities.
Meknes was the capital of Morocco under the
reign of Moulay Ismail (1672 -- 1727), before
it was relocated to Rabat. The population is
536,322 (2004 census). It is the capital of
the Meknès-Tafilalet region.
The land upon which the city is founded and
much of its surrounding territory came under
the domination of the Roman empire in 117
A.D. (see History of Morocco). 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 town consequently grew
around the fortress. Meknes saw its golden
age as the imperial capital of Moulay Ismail
following his accession to the Sultanate of
Morocco (wikipedia)
Volubilis is an archaeological site in
Morocco situated near Meknes between Fez and
Rabat. The nearest town is Moulay Idriss.
Volubilis features the best preserved
excavations in this part of northern Africa
dating from the Roman Empire. In 1997 the
site was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage
list.
In antiquity, Volubilis was an important
Roman town situated on the westernmost border
of Roman conquests. It was built about 40
C.E., probably on the site of a previous
Carthaginian settlement from the 3rd century
B.C.E. Volubilis takes its name from the
ancient Latin name for the Oleander flower,
which is common in the area.
Volubilis was the administrative center of
the province in Roman Africa called
Mauretania Tingitana. The fertile lands of
the province produced many goods such as
grain and olive oil, which were exported to
Rome, contributing to the province's wealth
and prosperity.
The Romans evacuated most of Morocco at the
end of the 3rd century but, unlike some other
Roman cities, Volubilis was not abandoned.
However, it appears to have been destroyed by
an earthquake in the late fourth century A.D.
It was reoccupied in the sixth century, when
a small group of tombstones written in Latin
shows the existence of a Christian community
that still dated its foundation by the year
of the Roman province. Coins show that it was
occupied under the Abbasids: a number of
these simply bear the name of Walila. The
texts referring to the arrival of Idris I in
788 show that the town was at that point in
the control of the Awraba tribe, who welcomed
the descendent of Ali with open arms, and
declared him imam shortly thereafter. Within
three years he had consolidated his hold on
much of the area, founded the first
settlement at Fez , and started minting
coins. He died in 791, leaving a pregnant
Awraba wife, Kenza, and his faithful slave,
Rashid, who acted as regent until the
majority of Idris II. At this point the court
departed for Fez, leaving the Awraba in
control of the town.
The ruins of the town were damaged by the
Lisbon earthquake in 1755, while in the 18th
century part of the marble was taken for
constructions in nearby Meknes.
In 1915, archeological excavation was begun
there by the French. Extensive remains of the
Roman town have been uncovered. From 2000
excavations carried out by University
College, London and the Moroccan Institut
National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du
Patrimoine under the direction of Elizabeth
Fentress, Gaetano Palumbo and Hassan Limane
revealed what should probably be interpreted
as the headquarters of Idris I just below the
walls of the Roman town to the west.
(wikipedia)
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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 town
consequently grew around the fortress.
Meknes saw its golden age as the imperial
capital of Moulay Ismail following his
accession to the Sultanate of Morocco.
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Meknes is one of Morocco's four royal cities
and became famous due to its megalomaniac
monarch, Sultan Moulay Ismail who is also
known as Morocco's Sun King. The cruel and
despotic sultan made Meknes the mightiest
fortified city in North Africa.
Moulay Ismail had an army of a hundred and
fifty thousand men who were stationed at each
of the country's main strategic points.
Included in his royal household was a harem
of six hundred wives of various races as well
as countless children and a large retinue of
African slaves. His former residence, the
Heri and Dar El-Ma Complex, contained fifty
palaces that were divided by way of gardens,
barracks and stables in which there were
twelve thousand horses.
The Medina of Meknes is a World Heritage Site
and contains both medieval and modern
architecture. The old town consists of the
Ville Imperiale, the ruins of the palace
complex and also the Medina with it
residential and commercial districts. It also
includes the former Jews Ancien district and
the Nouveau Mellah that is now known as Riad.
The Medersa Bou-Inania is one of the most
important buildings in the Medina. Its
courtyard contains a shell-shaped well that
is used for ritual bathing. The ground marble
and alabaster stuccowork is decorated with
objects made with fine spatulas.
The Great Mosque was founded by the Almohads
but was altered during the time of the
Meridis and provides a close insight into the
world of Islam.
The Berber tribe of Meknassa first gave this
city its name but following thousands of
years of dramatic history the former royal
city of Meknes remains an enigma to the
present day.
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