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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

  • Royaume du Maroc Rabat Asilah tanger Casablanca Chefchaouen

     

    Royaume du Maroc

    Rabat

     

    Rabat is an imperial city for less than a century but has some attractions: The Casbah of Oudaïas, the Hassan Tower or Unfinished Mosque, the Mohammed V Mausoleum, the Archaeological Museum and the necropolis of Chellah. Unfortunately, my tour did not include the visit of the unfinished mosque of Mohammed V Mausoleum built next door, and walk along the Corniche waterfront destroyed by uncontrolled building of tourist resorts.

     


    Casablanca

     

    The economic capital of the Kingdom has never been an imperial city. Visit the site of the United Nations with its former colonial residence (the residence of Marshal Lyautey whom a statue was erected there), and especially the new and immense Hassan II Mosque.

     

     

     

    Built from 1988 to 1993 and marking the reign of King Hassan II, the latter has the largest minaret in the world (200m).



     

    Chefchaouen

     

     

     

    Chefchaouen, one of the most pleasant cities of Morocco. The blue and white town rises to a detour route, with its terraced houses with tiled roofs round. With a score of mosques and shrines, the holy city of Chefchaouen breathes an atmosphere of deep serenity. After the joys resorts of Cabo Negro, it is good to stroll along its cobbled streets, meditating on a shaded plot relaxing and drinking tea in a Moorish cafe!

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     

     

  • Located in northern Morocco about forty miles from Tangier Asilah was originally a Carthaginian cit

       Asilah 

     

     

     

     

             

     

    Located in northern Morocco
     
    about forty miles from Tangier
    Asilah was originally a Carthaginian city
     then Roman. In 1471
     it underwent a major invasion
     which marked its history
    nearly 500 ships and 30,000 Portuguese soldiers venirent conquer,
     for it finally to become their strategic trading post
    and important. Asilah was built in XV century
    by the Portuguese, then fell to the Spaniards, until its liberation in 1589
    by Sultan Ahmed El Mansour Saâdiens. Later,
    the Spaniards had taken possession again,
    and it was this time released by Moulay Ismail in 1691.
     Its bombing by the Austrian army in 1829
    led to the installation and implementation
    of a Spanish protectorate until 1956.
     

     


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
      
     

     Tanger                                       

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Dove resting on the shoulder of Africa, Tangier has long been coveted for its strategic position. Since the founding of Tingis the fourth century BC, Carthaginians, Romans, Phoenicians, Vandals, Spaniards, Portuguese and English will be the disputed jealously. No African city that is closest to Europe, no East, which is most dear to the hearts of Artisitique European and American painters, musicians or writers.
    Delacroix, Saint-Saens, Pierre Loti, Matisse, Van Dongen, Tenessee Williams, Paul Morand, Jean Genet, Joseph Kessel, William Burroughs and Paul Bowles, to name a few, have lived in Tangier.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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