History of Marrakech

this section we make a historical route through the city of Marrakech.

The city Almoravide

Leaving Marrakesh in the direction of the Atlas, on the road to Ourika, 30 km away is AGHMAT, a city built by the Almoravid Berbers prior to the Islamic conquest of the Maghreb and area of ​​passage of the routes that crossed the mountain range.
Aghmat served as a base for the Almoravids in their advance towards the north and for the creation of a new city in the skirts of Atlas: Marrakech.

In Marrakech was founded in 1062 the medina by Abu Berk, almoravide saharaoui, later transformed by his brother and his nephew who brought Andalusian artisans. Of this time they remain the Qubba the Baruddiyn and the high wall crossed by doors.

These sultans bring the tanners, home of the leather goods in the country, that are installed outside the medina in the vicinity of the door of Bab and Debbagh.

The city Almohade

The Almohads proceeding from the Atlas, from the fortress of Timmel, 130 km, by the road of Tizi n Test, will occupy the city in 1147, entering the city by the door of Bab Aghmat, destroying it, building an imperial city of the That today we keep the palace, the Kotoubía, the mosque - matra of Ben Yusef, and the garden of the Menara.

The town Merinii

In 1269 enters the Merinies in the city, losing the capital, decaying until being despoblada and in ruins.

The city Saadi

In 1522 it is a renaissance of the city, becoming the first city of Morocco. They remodel the royal palace and create the Saadian tombs, to house the tombs of 13 sovereigns of this dynasty. Of this time is also the mosque of the golden apples, the garden of Agdal and the Palace of Badi.

The city Alaouita

During the reign of Muley Rachid and Muley Ismail the city was abandoned, but with the arrival of Mohamed III in the eighteenth century, Mulay Hassan and Mulay Abdelasis in the nineteenth, shrines, mosques and madrasas are restored.
At this time a new Royal Palace, the Armory Square, the Meshuar and the Bab Ahmar Gate, the Mamounia and Menara Gardens and the Palaces of Dar el Bahía and Dar Si Said are being built.

See, visit the Medina of Marrakech

The French city

The protectorate was established in 1912, creating the European city: El Gueliz.
The starting point of the European city is the military fortress, built on the steep El Gueliz hill, which dominates the plain in the margins of the oasis where the indigenous city is located. With the arrival of the architect Prost, between the military grounds and the existing city, a semicircular European neighborhood is traced around the current 16th November, surrounded by public buildings such as the market, post office etc. Later the two urban units were separated, separated by the avenue Mohamed V.
The Arab city was safeguarded by the palace of the Sultan and the vast gardens of the Agdal.

Of this time is the Mamounia 1923, the Jardin Majorelle, the Central market and the coffee Mirador among others. In those years it would dominate the city the Glaoui Pasha, that had a superb palace in the near mountains of the Atlas, kasba Telouet

The contemporary city

Represented by the new district of Hibernage, with wide well-built streets, abundant vegetation and low-rise buildings. The whole gives this part of the city the appearance of a large garden crossed by the long avenue of Mohamed VI, where luxury hotels, the Congress Palace, the auditorium and large mansions are located.