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| Susan | profile | all galleries >> Morocco 2007 >> Meknes | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Bab Mansour Gate |
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 beautiful craftwork |
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 entrance to Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail |
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 beautiful woodcraft |
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 small courtyards |
 open courtyard |
 open courtyard |
 prayer hall |
 zellij tilework |
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 painted wooden door |
 Burial Chamber |
 a star-shaped fountain |
 decorated door |
 Mihrab - indicates the direction of Mecca |
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 main entrance to the Royal Palace |
 high walls surrounding the Royal Palace |
 the King |
 Heri es-Souani - Moulay Ismail's immense granaries |
 the gigantic stables |
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 the granaries didn't store food for humans |
 it stored grain and hay to feed Ismail's 12,000 horses |
 Agdal Basin - both a reservoir for the sultan's gardens ... |
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 ... and a pleasure lake |
 Place el-Hedim (equivalent to the Djemaa el-Fna of Marrakesh) |
 one busy afternoon |
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 carpet shop |
 indoor market |
 free tasting |
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 let's make music |
 sourvenir for tourists |
 colored chicks for .... ??? |
 the narrow back street |
 come and buy my melons |
 antique shop |
 dazzling zellij tileworl |
 stare at this at your own risk |
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 a grand taxi, takes in 2 passengers in front, and 3 at the back |
 Big Mac, with a local flavour |
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 a tourist hotel next to la gare de Meknes; a group of tourists got off their coach here |
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