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Michael Garrison  > Other Destinations > Morocco 1991
Ten days crossing Morocco from Rabat and Casablanca to Marakesh and the margins of the Sahara Desert.
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An ornately-sculpted gate leading to a kasbah in Rabat.
Seen in a hammam (lavatory) in a madrasa in Rabat: Porcelain mosaic tile topped by a band of porcelain panels depicting Koranic prayers in highly stylized Arabic scrikpt. The uppermost band of Arabic script is made of mudstone.
Seen in the courtyard of a madrasa in Rabat: Carved teakwood door panel with Mother-of-Pearl inlay.
Seen at the entrance to a caliph's tomb in Rabat: A beautiful example of Moroccan brass work... an intricately decorative door knocker and brass inlaid door.
A guard tower of the gate leading to a kasbah in Rabat.
An abandoned fort of the French Foreign Legion; seen on the road to Fes.
A portion of a mosaic excavated in a residence in Volubilis.
Volubilis is a partly excavated Roman city situated near Meknes between Fez and Rabat. Built in a very fertile agricultural area, it was developed from the 3rd century BC onwards as a Phoenician/Carthaginian settlement. It grew rapidly under Roman rule from the 1st century AD onwards.
Volubilis is a partly excavated Roman city situated near Meknes between Fez and Rabat. Built in a very fertile agricultural area, it was developed from the 3rd century BC onwards as a Phoenician/Carthaginian settlement. It grew rapidly under Roman rule from the 1st century AD onwards. Its precinct includes many fine town-houses with large mosaic floors. The town fell to local tribesmen around 285 AD but was never retaken by Rome due to its remoteness and indefensibility on the south-western border of the Roman Empire. It continued to be inhabited for at least another 700 years. During the last 100 years, a large part of the site was excavated, revealing many fine mosaics, and some of the more prominent public buildings and high-status houses were restored or reconstructed. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed for being "an exceptionally well preserved example of a large Roman colonial town on the fringes of the Empire".
An abandoned fort of the French Foreign Legion; seen on the road to Fes.
An abandoned fort of the French Foreign Legion; seen on the road to Fes.
An abandoned fort of the French Foreign Legion; seen on the road to Fes.
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Keywords: morocco fez fes fortification french foreign legion
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