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Marrakech (Amazigh: ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ Amorakosh, "the land of God"), also called the Red City and the capital of the palms, is the third largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco in terms of population density located in the south-center. The population of the city is more than one million in 2016. The city was founded by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, which was named Ibn Yusuf School, the most famous school, in 1062 to be the capital of the state Morabityen

Label: 

The name Marrakesh refers to the Amazigh word Amor Akush - meaning Amazigh - meaning the country of God, where the Amazigh uses the word Tamurt or Amor meaning the country or land. The name Marrakesh was called Morocco since ancient times, since the city of Marrakesh, the capital of the Almoravids to the era of French protection in modern times, and is still spoken so far in all languages such as Marrakesh (Marrakesh), Spanish (Marwick) and English (Muroko).

Geography:

Marrakesh is 327 kilometers southwest of Rabat, 580 km southwest of Tangier, 239 kilometers southwest of Casablanca,Marrakesh is 327 kilometers southwest of Rabat, 196 kilometers south-west of Beni Mellal, 177 kilometers east of Essaouira and 153 kilometers north-east of Agadir. It is also located in the center of the Kingdom of Morocco.

The Urica River is 30 km south of Marrakech and the snow-capped mountain of Yagur can be seen south of the city. The American adventurer David Prescott Barrows described Marrakesh as "the strangest city" when he explained the nature of it:

   Marrakech The city is located about 15 or 20 miles away from the edge of the Atlas Mountains which looks from here with its highest elevation and where the mountain scenery is magnificent. Through pure desert air the eye can feel the rough features of the series from the north and east, where the winter snow is covered with whiteness and the turquoise sky forms a framework for the gray rocks and brilliant summits of unparalleled beauty Marrakech.

the climate:

Marrakech has a semi-arid climate where winter is mild and humid and the summers are dry and hot. The average temperature in the city is 28-29 ° C in summer and 12 ° C in winter. The rainwater deposition pattern is similar in winter to Marrakech in the rest of the Mediterranean region but with lower rainfall than the Mediterranean.

transportation:

Road transport:

Motorbike in Marrakech, Agadir to the south

Railway Transport:

The city of Marrakech is located on the large and modern train station linking it to the city of Casablanca

Air transport:

Marrakech International Airport

History:

Historical sources determine the construction of the first nucleus of Marrakech in 1070 AD by the Almoravids, founded by the Sultan of Moravite Yusuf ibn Tashfin, which he developed and adopted as the capital of his kingdom to become the political and cultural center of the Islamic West.

After settling the matter for the Almohads after entering the city in 1147, and took it as the capital of their rule. And they completed several historical landmarks still the pride of their time Kalotpp Kotpia mosques, walls, doors, and gardens, as well as a bridge on the Tensift Valley, has been used until recently. Thus, Marrakesh under the rule of the Almohads defined great radiation which made it an unparalleled cultural, economic and political center in the Islamic West.

In the face of the weakness of the Almohads, the Maronites who came from the east in 1269 AD seized the city, but they took from Fez their capital near the latter from their original homeland, which led to the retreat of the city of Marrakech and its transformation into a secondary center. In 1551 the city regained its status as the capital of the Saadian (1589-1659 AD). During their reign, new buildings and facilities were constructed, the most important of which were the Badea Palace, the Al-Mawasin Complex, the Ibn Yusuf School, and the Sa'dain graves.

Under the rule of the Alawites, Moulay Rashid undertook the restoration of the mosque of Salih al-Marini, but his successor was Ismail Ismail, but his first interest was in the capital of his new rule of Meknes. Sultan Sidi Mohamed has restored Marrakesh by establishing new neighborhoods and landmarks. It can be said that Marrakesh took its final form from the period of the reign of this sultan. The next stages were limited to restoration of what has been accomplished since the Middle Ages.

Economie:

Marrakech is a vital component of Morocco's economy and culture. The improvements on the highways between Casablanca and Agadir and the Marrakech-Menara airport have led to a significant increase in tourism in the city, which now attracts more than 2 million tourists from different countries each year. Due to the importance of tourism to Morocco's economy, King Mohammed VI Bin Hassan pledged to attract 20 million tourists annually to Morocco by 2020, doubling the number of tourists for 2012. The city is popular with the French and has bought many French celebrities real estate in the city including the fashion giants Yves Saint Laurent and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

In the 1990s, very few foreigners lived in the city, but real estate development projects rose in the last 15 years. By 2005, more than 3,000 foreigners had bought real estate in the city, attracted to their culture and relatively cheap housing prices. This was reported in the French weekly Le Journal that Marrakech has become a desirable position for the European aircraft group.

Landmarks:

Museums

Museum of Dar Said

Museum of Marrakech

Mohammed VI Museum of Water Civilization: It was inaugurated on 5 January 2017 by Crown Prince Moulay Al Hassan. The museum covers an area of 20,000 square meters with a total financial envelope of 163 million dirhams. It is the first museum specialized in the history and civilization of water in Morocco

Theaters
The city has a single theater, but it is the Royal Theater.

Bathrooms
The number of bathrooms in Marrakech was 124 or more.

Wade Aseel River
This river has 4 basements for pedestrians.

Palaces:


Palace of Budaiya:

Al-Budaiya Palace is considered one of the achievements of King Saadi Ahmad Al-Mansour Al-Dahabi in 1578, coinciding with the victory of Morocco against the Portuguese army in the battle of Wadi Al-Makhzaz. Historical sources indicate that the Sultan brought to its construction and decoration the most skilled of Moroccan and foreign manufacturers and engineers, that some ancient historians and geographers have considered it a wonder of the world.

The Budaiya Palace is located on the northeastern side of the Kasbah. The overall design of the monument is characterized by a symmetrical distribution of buildings around a rectangular courtyard. In the middle of the latter is a large tank of 90 meters long and 20 meters wide and four other side tanks interspersed with four gardens. The most important characteristic of the Palace of Budaih is the abundance of decorations and the variety of materials used such as marble, crowns, columns with gold leaf, multicolored wood, carved wood, dyed and gypsum. However, this wonderful teacher was subjected to demolition in 1696 AD, where he used Moulay Ismail elements decorated to decorate the buildings of his new capital Meknes. The Almoravid dome.

Palace of el-bahiya:



al morabitine dome:

The Chaldean is the center of Marrakesh, which highlights the beauty of the Almoravid architecture. The Almoravid dome is located in the southern part of Ben Youssef Square in the Old City. The excavations conducted in the heart of the city beginning in 1948 revealed one of the rare remains of the Marabit religious architecture in Marrakech, which is attached to the Mosque of Ali ibn Yusuf, which was demolished by the Almohads after they took over the city around 1130 AD. This proposal is reinforced by an unclear inscription on top of the dome, revealing that the name inscribed on it is the name of Sultan Ali bin Yusuf.


The design of this parameter is one of the characteristics that have earned it the characteristic of exclusivity, where its masters excelled in giving it a rectangular shape. The exterior faces of the dome are richly engraved, representing dominions and shapes that simulate a seven-pointed star adorning its entrance on the north and south sides. The east is separated by two lobes.

The shrines

The graves of the Saadian

The Saadian tombs are located in the Kasbah district. Construction began at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century with the construction of a burial dome by members of the Saadian royal family, especially Lalla Mas'oudah, the mother of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, his father and his brother. This dome was the first nucleus of the compound, which was enlarged and decorated by Sultan Abdullah Al-Ghaleb and Ahmad Al-Mansour Al-Dahabi.

The mausoleum consists of two wings: the first consists of three spaces built by Ahmed al-Mansur where he was buried. It consists of three halls: the mihrab hall: a small mosque made up of three corridors built on marble columns. This mosque has a beautiful mihrab and decorated with muqarnas. Twelve Pillars: The burial of the body of Sultan Ahmed al-Mansur and the three sultans who followed him. This dome was decorated with a combination of plaster, carved wood, porcelain and marble. These inscriptions were embodied by geometric elements. Al-Quwat Hall Three: It is decorated with nicer decoration than its predecessors. It used the same materials and techniques of decoration that distinguish the rest of the spaces. Watering the two seasons

The watering of the mawasin belongs to a complex with the same name. The latter consists of a mosque, a bath, a cupboard and a Koranic school. This complex was built by order of Sultan Al-Sa'di Abdullah Al-Ghaleb between 1562-1563. The watering of the mawasin is located north of the ablution hall of the mosque. It has a rectangular design with three entrances and three water basins.

The tombs of the seven men:

Are the tombs of the seven men who are known for their piety and faith, most notably the shrine of al-Sayyid al-Abbas

Mosques:

The number of mosques in Marrakech 244 mosques:
   
Koutoubia Mosque:

The center of the Koutoubia Mosque is the Medina of Marrakech, near the Jemaa el Fna square. The name of the mosque is derived from the Kutbiene, the name of a souvenir shop that is believed to have been close to the mosques.

Ordered the construction of the first Kutoubia mosque of the Caliph Abd al-Mumin bin Ali al-Koumi in 1147 on the ruins of the stone palace Almoravidip archaeological excavations revealed its buildings and architectural components.


The second mosque was built in 1158 and is similar in size to the first building. It is organized in a rectangular prayer hall with seventeen pillars oriented towards the qibla, with columns, arched arches and unique crowns reminiscent of those found in the Quraian Mosque in Fez. The confluence of the qibla gallery with its five dome and central hall is a faithful design of the characteristics of the monotheistic religious architecture that had a profound influence throughout the Islamic West.

Mosque of El Fna:

The same scene where Moroccan singer Ahmed Shawki video clip of the song Tsunami.

The Jemaa el Fna Square is a popular space for watching and entertainment. It is therefore the heart of the city of Marrakesh, where it is still a meeting point between the city and the fortress and the marina, and a museum for visitors from all over the world to enjoy the exciting displays of snake puppets, storytellers and storytellers. It is a manifestation of the popular spectacle that cuts down a rich and unique heritage that was behind the arrangement of this square as a humane oral legacy on UNESCO's list in 1997.

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Moroccan cuisine has long since been considered one of the most diverse cuisines in the world. This is due to Morocco's interaction with the outside world for centuries. It is a mixture of Amazigh, Arab and Maghreb cuisine in the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Africa. Chefs have been cooking Moroccan cuisine over the centuries in Fez, Meknes, Marrakech, Rabat and Tetouan, the basis of what is known as Moroccan cuisine today. Moroccan cuisine is also ranked first in the Arab world and Africa, and second globally in 2012 after France.

Influence and history:

Dish, seasoning and olive oil in a restaurant overlooking the Oudan Dam.
Morocco as a springboard and a meeting place for many civilizations, its kitchen was influenced by the original Amazigh cuisine as well as the Andalusian Arab kitchens and kitchens carried by the Maurice when they left Spain, Middle Eastern kitchens and Arab kitchens.

Morocco dates back to the fleeing refugees of the Abbasids who left Baghdad in the Middle Ages and settled in Morocco, bringing with them the traditional recipes that have become commonplace in Morocco and forgotten in the Middle East. This proves what al-Baghdadi wrote in his works (12th century AD) about Iraqi recipes and similarities with contemporary Moroccan dishes. The distinctive feature of Moroccan cuisine is the cooking of fruits with meat such as quince with lamb or apricot with chicken. As well as the effects on Moroccan cuisine that came with Maurice (Muslim refugees) who were expelled from Spain during the Spanish Inquisition.

According to Paula Wolfert, a Moroccan cuisine specialist and author of the most famous book on the subject (see recipe books section):

Second, there are four things that are necessary for a nation to develop a great kitchen: the first is the abundance of ingredients and a rich country, and second, the diversity of cultural influences: the history of the nation, including its foreign domination, and usually the culinary secrets of imperialist adventures. In the end, the existence of elegant palace life, without royal kitchens, without Versailles or the Forbidden City in Beijing, in short, requires a demand for cultural gatherings, Morocco is, fortunately, bringing all four together. "

the ingredients:

Morocco produces a wide range of Mediterranean fruits and vegetables and even some tropical regions. It also produces large amounts of sheep, poultry, livestock and fish that form the base of the kitchen.

Use Spices:

Spices in the central market in Agadir
Spices are widely used in Moroccan cuisine. The importation of spices into Morocco began with Sayed Abdel Ati for thousands of years, many elements, such as saffron for coloring, mint, and olives from Meknes, orange and lemon from Fez, and local products. The mouth of the spice group includes cinnamon, cumin, coriander, ginger, lemon, red pepper, anise seeds, sesame seeds, coriander, parsley, thyme, (Saffron) and mint.

Structure of meals: 

Lunch is the main meal, except for the holy month of Ramadan. The formal way of serving the meal starts with a series of hot and cold authorities, followed by the Tajine. Eat bread with each meal. Often the next dish is lamb meat or chicken, followed by couscous with meat and vegetables. Then the end of the meal serves a cup of mint tea in Morocco. It is common for Moroccans to use three fingers to eat and to use bread.

main dishes:

The most common Moroccan meal among the people is the couscous, which is very old and was invented by the Amazigh. Chicken is the most popular type of meat that is eaten in Morocco. The most common red meat in Morocco is beef and then lamb. The sheep in North Africa have a lot of fat concentrated in the tail, which means that the Moroccan lamb does not have the acute flavor, which is usually in Western sheep and give it an undesirable taste.

Among the most famous Moroccan dishes are couscous, Bastille, Marouzia, Tagayn, Tangerine, Zallouq, Bisara, Harshah, Al-Mashman, Al-Baghreer, and Al-Huraira. Although the latter is a soup, it is considered a complete meal and is usually served with dates during the month of Ramadan.

authorities:

Moroccan authorities include raw and cooked vegetables, served either hot or cold. There are among the cold authorities Zalok, a mixture of eggplant and tomatoes, and Takaoka, a mixture of tomatoes, green pepper, smoked garlic and spices, and characterized by the kitchens of the cities of Fez and Taza in the Atlas.

Candy:

Moroccan sweets are not necessarily served at the end of the meal. The dessert group is deer heel ("deer horns"), a pastry stuffed with almonds and sugar. Another dessert is honey cakes, a piece of fried dough and immersed in a vase of honey with sesame seeds. Grid candy Candy is eaten during the month of Ramadan. The Coca-Cola dessert is a coconut cake, biryas, crankel, graiba, hamburgers, slaw, and squash.

Drinks:

The most popular drink is mint green tea. Traditionally, preparing mint tea in Morocco is a form of art and drinking with friends and family is one of the most important rituals of the day. The method of pouring tea is as important as its quality. Paired with tea offering cones or sugar cubes.

Moroccan fast food:

The sale of traditional fast food on the street is commonplace for a long time, and the best example of this is Djemaa el Fna Square in Marrakech. Beginning in the 1980s, the new restaurants "bocadillo" (a Spanish word for Shatira, widely used in Morocco) began to appear. The bocadillo is a baguette baguette stuffed with salad and one type of meat, or similar tortilla, which is also a term widely used in Morocco.

During the 1990s, a new trend began to emerge. The dairy shops and the new products (Al Mahlaba in Moroccan Dharja) spread throughout the cities in Morocco. They generally offer all kinds of dairy products, juices and breakfast, as well as bocadillos, where they compete fiercely with restaurants that have been around for years.

In the late 1990s, the country also saw the opening of multinational fast-food chains, especially in major cities such as McDonald's.

Moroccan Sweets:

Moroccan sweets for  during the holidays in the world, as a kind of celebration in the way you spend in happiness, where they share the sweets of local people from their country to the others and treat them in Balad Morocco, their sweets are characterized by the use of dried fruits, rose water, water rose. In this article, we will introduce you to the group Of Moroccan sweets for Eid.

the ingredients:

_ Five hundred grams of boiled almonds, and without the peel.

_ Two hundred and fifty grams of ground sugar.

_ Half a tablespoon of baking powder.

_ Two eggs.

_ Two teaspoons of butter on room temperature.

_ Half a tablespoon of vanilla.

_ Sprinkle a bead of sour lemon.


_ Sugar powder for decoration.


How to prepare:

_ Put the amount of almond in the mixer and run it at high speed until you get a cohesive paste.

_ Mix each of the following ingredients, including : eggs, sugar, almonds, baking powder, vanilla, sour cream, and butter.

_  Moisten the hands with a little water of the dice, forming medium balls of the alien.

_ Arrange exotic balls in a short-edged tray and sprinkle with sugar.

_ Introduce the Chinese to a preheated oven at medium heat for a quarter of an hour.


_ Spray the candy with more ground sugar and bring it after it cool.

Al-Shabakiyya is a Moroccan Moroccan dessert. It is not without a Moroccan house, and it is often eaten with mint tea or hot syrup. Moroccan Chabakia is one of the oldest known sweets in Moroccan cuisine. It is somewhat similar to the sweets known in the Orient and Morocco with dumplings, and Al-Shabakiyya is associated with the month of Ramadan, especially Eid al-Fitr, and has a distinctive shape, covered with honey, sesame

the ingredients:

_ 5 cups of flour.

_ A cup of butter.

_ an egg.

_ A glass of warm water.

_ Pint of oil to fry.

_ Sesame for decoration 100 g.

_ Tablespoon of sugar.

_ A teaspoon of yeast desserts.

_ Half teaspoon of saffron.

_ Teaspoon ground cinnamon.

_ Half a teaspoon of salt.

_ Two tablespoons of cast water.

_ honey.

_ A tablespoon of vinegar.

How to prepare:

Al-Shabakia in the family kitchen is mainly based on a paste mixed with oil and butter with some almonds, cut in different shapes, fried in hot oil and then placed in pure honey or sugar honey. It is sprinkled with a little water of the dice and then a lot of anises

THE DOUGH FOR PIZZA:

Preparing pizza dough is really simple and will allow you to have a perfect base for any seasoning.

Prepare the dough at least a couple of hours before putting your pizza in the oven, so as to allow good leavening.

Place the flour on a pastry board and make a hole in the center. In a small glass bowl, dissolve the fresh or dehydrated brewer's yeast and a little teaspoon of sugar together with a glass of warm water. After that, pour the mixture of water and yeast at the center of the flour and begin to knead.

Continue working the dough until you get a soft and elastic dough that you will make into a ball shape.
Put the dough ball in a bowl dusted with flour on the bottom. Cover the bowl with a clean cloth and store it in a warm place away from drafts, such as the oven in your home.

Wait until the dough has doubled in volume (it will take about 1 hour - 1 hour and a half) and then proceed with its preparation so as to form pizzas of the size and shape you prefer.

THE TOMATO FOR THE PIZZA:*

Choose sauce tomatoes and skin and seed privals, and once drained for good pass them in the mill or cut them into cubes. If you use canned peeled tomatoes, as well as depriving them of the seeds, let them drain carefully to avoid wetting the pasta too much.

When you lay the tomato on the dough, make sure it is at least at room temperature, so as not to block the leavening, and leaves an empty edge of about 1 cm all around, so during cooking a swollen and crunchy ring will form.

Mozzarella Pizza:

Cut the mozzarella off the chopped or chopped pizza and leave it on a dish or kitchen paper.
This step is very important to prevent mozzarella from releasing liquid during cooking and make it tell pizza.

Add the mozzarella 5 minutes after cooking and distribute it evenly over the whole pizza. Your pizza will be completely muscular!

THE COOKING:

Cook the pizza in your home oven already warm at about 250 ° C for at least 15-20 minutes.
The cooking time varies depending on the oven and the actual temperature it can reach. Now that you've discovered how to make pizza at home, what are you waiting for?

Chocolate:

 Chocolate is one of the most used materials in the world, especially in the work of desserts of all kinds, and the taste of delicious and wonderful, and contains many nutrients, in addition to it provides the body with the energy it needs, there are many different cakes around the world; It is considered to be one of the most popular sweets for the body, because it contains many important elements such as carbohydrates and fat. The chocolate cake is one of the most famous types of biscuits. Here is an easy and quick way to prepare several easy recipes for chocolate cake.

Chocolate Cake:

the ingredients:

_ A glass of liquid milk.

_ A glass of sugar.

_ Half a cup of powdered cocoa.

_ A quarter cup of vegetable oil.

_ A cup of white flour.

_ A teaspoon of vanilla.

_ Two medium-sized eggs.

_ A teaspoon of baking powder.

How to prepare:


1_ Place the milk, sugar, vanilla, and cocoa in the electric mixer, and mix all ingredients well together.

2_ Take a cup of batter and set aside.

3_Add to the egg mixture, white flour, batter powder and mix all ingredients well.

4_ Add a medium tray of vegetable oil and pour it into the mixture.

5_ Heat the oven at medium temperature, bake in Chinese, until cooked from the inside and outside.

6_Cook the oven from the oven and leave it a bit cold and put the amount of mixture on the face and sides.

7_
Put the cake for three hours in the refrigerator, and cut it.