Marrakech the red city

Marrakech is the third largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco in terms of population density and is located in South Central. The number of the city's population of more than 900 thousand people in 2012 founded the city in 1062 AD
Description

Described Marrakech as the Red City, spacious deferral, the university between free and remained shady and snow and Nakheel, the capital of the State of marabouts and monotheists and Tombs, in which he said the owner of mortality Notables: Marrakech is a great city built by Imam Yusuf, a base Maghreb and the diameter and position and pole, spacious deferral, correct air, simple square and rectangular space, many mosques, great scenes, collected between the sweetness of the water, and mild air, good soil, good fruit, and plowing capacity, and a great blessing.
Geography

Marrakech is located just 327 kilometers south of Gharbarabat 0.580 kilometers south-west of Tangier 0.239 km southwest of Casablanca 0.196 kilometers south-west of Beni Mellal 0.177 km east of Essaouira and 153 km north-east of Agadir.

Alawrica River is located 30 km south of Marrakech and you can see Mount Aagor awe snow south of the city. The American adventurer David Prescott Parooz may describe Marrakech title «city strangest» when he was explaining about the nature of where he said
 
Marrakech city is located about 15 or 20 miles away from the edge of the Atlas Mountains, which looks from here as her height and where the gorgeous mountain scenery. Across the desert air Net eye can be groping for the rugged features of a series of north and east, where the winter snow covered in white and turquoise sky provides a framework for the gray rocks and peaks Her gleaming beauty that is unparalleled
 
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Climate

Enjoy Marrakech climate semi-dry winters mild and wet summer is dry and hot, average temperature in the city is 28-29 degrees Celsius in summer and 12 degrees Celsius in winter and is similar pattern of deposition of rainwater Winter in Marrakech the rest of the Mediterranean, but the rates of rain less than those of the Mediterranean .

 Transport and Communications
National

Arrive in the capital Rabat to Agadir in the north and to the south highway Casablanca - Agadir modern construction. It also connected via rail and work was carried out extensive restoration in the main station in the city recently.
Interior
Motorcycle of the distinctive features of the city.
Bicycles and traditional vehicles.

The means of transport is essential in Marrakech «Taxa small» and carts horses and motorcycles. Featuring Marrakech from other Moroccan cities in this area that its women are leading motorcycle numbers are many and highly skilled.
History

Determine the historical sources to build the first nucleus of Marrakech in 1070 at the hands of marabouts, who are nomadic Berber tribes group came from the desert. This has evolved into the city under the rule of Sultan Ibn Yasin (1061 - 1107) to a large extent from the results Almurbati expansion in Africa and Andalusia to become a political and cultural center of the Islamic West.
Side of the city

After the restoration of the united command after entering the city in 1147, they have taken the capital of their rule. And performed by several historical landmarks still constitute the pride of their time Ksoumah Koutoubia Bmsadjadaha, fences, doors and gardens in addition to the bridge over the valley Tensift has been used until recently. Thus, under the rule of Marrakech known Unitarian radiation make them a great cultural center, economically and politically that is unmatched in the Muslim West.
Badi Palace Marrakech and 0.1640.

In front of the weakness of Unitarians seized Marinids coming from the Middle year 1269 AD the city, but they have taken their capital from Fez to near the latter from their place of origin, which led to a decline in the city of Marrakech and converts it to a secondary position. In the year 1551 AD the city regained its status as the capital of Saadaan (1589 m -1659 m). For their reign was the construction of new buildings, plant the most important and complex Badi Palace Mouassine School and the son of Joseph and the Saadian tombs and the number of waterings.

Under the rule of the Alawites, the Sire Rashid renovating a mosque Bin Saleh Marini, but his successor, Moulay Ismail first all interest in the capital of the new rule Meknes. Oukz work of Sultan Sidi Mohamed Marrakech to re-position and through the establishment of new neighborhoods and landmarks. It could be argued that the Marrakech taken some final form starting from the reign of Sultan as this was confined to the next stages ml restoration has been done since the Middle Ages.
Economy
Tanning salons and cast it by conventional means.

Marrakech is a vital element of the economy and culture of Morocco. Improvements to the highway between Casablanca and Agadir airport and led to a significant increase in tourism in the city, which now attracts more than 2 million tourists annually. Due to the importance of tourism to the economy of Morocco weak as a whole, King Mohammed VI Ben Hassan pledged to attract 20 million tourists a year to Morocco by 2020, double the number of tourists for the year 2012 and the city popular Bafrensien, has bought many celebrities of the French real estate in the city, including the giants of fashion Yves Saint Laurent and Jean Paul Gaultier.

In the nineties, he was living in the city, very few foreigners, but real estate development projects have risen during the past 15 years, and by 2005 bought more than 3,000 of the foreign real estate in the city, and attract them to the culture and housing prices relatively cheap. Was mentioned in the French weekly magazine Le Point that Marrakech has become a desirable position for a European aircraft. However, despite the tourism boom, the majority of the city's population are still poor, but still about 20 thousand households do not have water or electricity. And a lot of institutions in the city is facing huge debt problems.
Monuments
Dar Si Said Museum.
Museums

     Dar Si Said Museum
     Museum of Marrakech

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Royal Theatre.
Theaters
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Baths

The number of bathrooms in Marrakech twenty-four bathrooms.
River valley acyl

It was built on the river bridge for the passage of pedestrians.
Palaces
Badi Palace.
Badi Palace

The Badi Palace of the achievements of King Saadi Ahmed Mansour golden year 1578 coincided with the victory of Morocco built on the Portuguese army in the battle of Valley Stores. The Historical sources indicate that the Sultan has brought for its construction and decoration of skilled craftsmen and engineers Moroccans and foreigners so that some historians and geographers have regarded veterans of the wonders of the world. [4]

Badi Palace is located in the north-eastern side of the rod, the overall design is characterized by the parameter of the distribution of the harmonic buildings around a rectangular courtyard. The latter mediates large tank length of 90 meters and width of 20 meters and four tanks, four other side interspersed with gardens. The most important characteristic of the Badi Palace frequent motifs and the diversity of materials used and Kalrkham crowns and columns covered with gold leaf and Polychrome earthenware and carved and painted wood and plaster. However, this parameter have been magnificent for the demolition of the year 1696 AD, where Moulay Ismail elements used them to decorate decorated buildings Meknes his new capital. Almoravid Dome.
Bahia Palace
Backyard Bahia Palace.

Teacher Bahia Palace is located downtown antique belonging to the municipality of the city of Marrakech. Bahia Palace constructed a teacher in the nineteenth century at the entrance to the ancient city of Marrakech months by a minister Sultan Moulay Hassan known Bbahamad. Due to its large size Hesaath and it took him a long time works even completed the construction of his son later. [4]

Extends the palace over an area of ​​two hectares almost have been some facilities exposed permanently to climatic factors which led to the degradation and offset while maintaining the East of the palace and open to visit public on relatively good condition, and the facilities consist of the palace of Riad small and a small dish and yard honorary area (50 m .50 m ) Mrsfah marble surrounded by arcades supported by wooden pillars and a large kindergarten built by the CIA and then a special wing of Moses (Manzah).
Dome Almoravid
Dome Almoravid Badi Palace.

The torus Alhalhd Marrakech which highlights the aesthetic architecture Almurbati. Dome located Almoravid Steering southern yard Ben Youssef old city. Excavations carried out the heart of the city, starting from the year 1948 on the remains of one of the rare religious architecture Almoravid Marrakesh represents attached to a mosque Ali Ben Youssef, who demolished Unitarians after seizing the city around 1130 AD. This reinforces the argument is clear inscription above the dome, some researchers have revealed that the name is engraved upon the name of Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf.

The design of this parameter of the features that earned it an attribute uniqueness, where he excelled Mcedoha in giving it form a rectangle, bearing exterior of the dome inscriptions rich represent arcs and shapes mimic the star sevenfold adorns the entrance of both sides of the North and South Two Arms Double-shaped horseshoe, and on both sides of the north and Middle Mvsassan Two Arms.
Saadian Tombs
Saadian Tombs
Shrines
Saadian tombs

Saadian tombs located Casbah district. Construction works began with the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century construction of the dome was buried by members of the royal family Saadia special machine Masuda, mother of Sultan Ahmed Mansour, and his father and his brother. This dome has formed the nucleus of the compound, which has been expanded and decorated by Alsultanin Abdullah Ahmad Mansour and mostly golden.

The shrine consists of two wings: the first includes a set of spaces that have been built by Ahmed Mansour, where it was buried, which is composed of three halls: Hall mihrab: It is a small mosque of the problem based on the three corridors of marble columns. This mosque is available on the niche beautifully decorated muqarnas. Hall Twelve columns: buried the body of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur and the sultans of the three who led the referee after him. This dome decorated with a mixture of gypsum and wood Almenkoshin and tiles, marble, embodied these writings through the elements of plant engineering. Hall Niches three: It is covered with beautiful motifs of its predecessors, has used the same materials and techniques of ornamentation that characterizes the rest of the spaces. Watering Mouassine

Mouassine lizard belong to the same complex carries your name, consists of the latter in addition to the irrigation of the mosque, bath, closet and a Koranic school. This compound was built by order of Sultan Abdullah Saadi, mostly between 1562-1563. Located north of watering Mouassine ablutions room of the mosque, its rectangular design, contains three entrances and three water basins and lizard, lizard adopted design model Ali Ben Youssef Almurbati.
The tombs of seven men

Are the tombs of seven men notorious for their piety and faith, and the most notable is the tomb of the cedi Balabas. [5]
Mosques

The number of mosques in Marrakech hundred and twenty-three mosques, including:
Kutubiya
Surrounds the park plenty Koutoubia Mosque.

Mediates Kutubiya the city of Marrakech, near the Jemaa El Fna Square. And the designation of the mosque is derived from «Aketbian», which is the name of the market for the sale of books thought it was the vicinity of mosques.

Kutubiya ordered the construction of the first Caliph Ali bin Abdul Momin Komi in 1147 on the ruins of a stone mansion Almurbati which revealed archaeological excavations on its buildings and architectural components.

The second mosque has been built in the year 1158 AD, which is similar in terms of the size of the building first, and is organized in a prayer hall rectangular includes seventeen arcade oriented perpendicularly towards the direction, carried by columns and arches consistent and crowns a unique reminiscent of those found Mosque villagers Fez. The confluence direction porch and hallway Bakbbh five pivotal determination and true to the characteristics of religious architecture Almohad which had a deep influence in various parts of the Muslim West.
El Fna
Image of Jemaa El Fna months town squares. Koutoubia Mosque appears on the far left. Market is located in the walkway behind the scene
Image of Jemaa El Fna months town squares. Koutoubia Mosque appears on the far left. Market is located in the walkway behind the scene

Constitute the Jemaa El Fna square space popularly for Gap and entertainment, and therefore is considered the heart of the city of Marrakech where she was and is still a meeting point between the city and the trachea officinalis and navigator, and a place of pilgrimage for visitors from all over the world to enjoy watching Offers interesting to Marwda snakes and narrators of riddles and stories, and musicians street to the non-manifestations of watching popular abbreviating a rich heritage and unique it was behind the order of this arena heritage orally humanly on the list of UNESCO year 1997. [6]