Meknes
Entrance between Bab Mansour and the Royal Palace, Meknes, Morocco pictured on December 26, 2009. A dark figure in a Djellaba walks through the shadowy gateway with the help of a stick. The Bab Mansour Gate, completed in 1732, is named after its architect. Meknes, one of Morocco's Imperial cities, was redeveloped under Sultan Ismail Moulay (1634-1727). It is a fortified city built from pise, or clay and straw, and was designed to be the political capital of Morocco, as opposed to Fez, the religious capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13447270
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45154872
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2555px x 3120px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
