The Marrakech medina is the nerve center and the historical heart of the city of Marrakech. Spanning a total area of 600 hectares, it is one of the largest medinas of Morocco and most populated of North Africa. Its urban specificity direct result of the virginity of the total land on which it was built in the eleventh century. Built
around a military camp, the Qasr El Hajar, and a market, it was
increased by a kasbah in the twelfth century to protect the repeated
assaults of the Berber tribes of the plain of Haouz, thus contributing
to sustainable sit Almoravid hegemony. The walls of the old city of Marrakech underwent significant changes at the whim of dynasties. Thus, they were to repeatedly punched new doors (Bab in Arabic). Today, the height of the walls varies between 8 and 10 meters and extend over a total distance exceeding 19 kilometers. The medina is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 19854.
The recent interest in riads, the traditional Moroccan houses built around a central courtyard has generated profound sociological changes in the medina of Marrakech, where the price per square meter has skyrocketed. Thus, a significant and growing number of smaller households marrakchis is seen driven by speculation to leave the city. On the other hand, in the medina there is a habitat densification phenomenon. However, it is far to attend a museumification of the medina.
The Jewish quarter in the south east of the Medina, was and still remains a lesser extent the Jewish quarter of Marrakech. The Jewish quarter consisted of some trades that over and when the history of Marrakech, became specialties of this community (weaver was an example of this). It was founded in 1558 under the reign of Moulay Abdellah near the palace which allowed, as was the case in Fez, for example, the Sultan to better protect them.
The Agdal Gardens adjacent to the south of the Royal Palace were created since 1156 as the official historian of the Almohad dynasty by El Haj Ya'is, the same one that was at the origin of the Koutoubia. The term "Aguedal" meaning also "garden" in general by the Berbers, the name of the Gardens Aguedal not emerged as exclusive designation as the late eighteenth century. Its existence, undermined by time is closely related to the management of water resources is made. Thus, the water extraction of groundwater was from the late eleventh century ensured by a dense network of "khettaras", assisted later by a more elaborate system of viaducts from Aghmat, a town further south towards the Ourika Valley. Finally, storage of rainwater was ensured by two huge reservoirs, the largest, called Es Sala, was used to train troops to swim to cross the Straits of Gibraltar
The recent interest in riads, the traditional Moroccan houses built around a central courtyard has generated profound sociological changes in the medina of Marrakech, where the price per square meter has skyrocketed. Thus, a significant and growing number of smaller households marrakchis is seen driven by speculation to leave the city. On the other hand, in the medina there is a habitat densification phenomenon. However, it is far to attend a museumification of the medina.
The Jewish quarter in the south east of the Medina, was and still remains a lesser extent the Jewish quarter of Marrakech. The Jewish quarter consisted of some trades that over and when the history of Marrakech, became specialties of this community (weaver was an example of this). It was founded in 1558 under the reign of Moulay Abdellah near the palace which allowed, as was the case in Fez, for example, the Sultan to better protect them.
The Agdal Gardens adjacent to the south of the Royal Palace were created since 1156 as the official historian of the Almohad dynasty by El Haj Ya'is, the same one that was at the origin of the Koutoubia. The term "Aguedal" meaning also "garden" in general by the Berbers, the name of the Gardens Aguedal not emerged as exclusive designation as the late eighteenth century. Its existence, undermined by time is closely related to the management of water resources is made. Thus, the water extraction of groundwater was from the late eleventh century ensured by a dense network of "khettaras", assisted later by a more elaborate system of viaducts from Aghmat, a town further south towards the Ourika Valley. Finally, storage of rainwater was ensured by two huge reservoirs, the largest, called Es Sala, was used to train troops to swim to cross the Straits of Gibraltar
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