Meknès - The Imperial City
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A medium-sized pallid and delicately-patterned sandgrouse. Pale and sandy overall. Males have a subtle pattern on upperparts while females are thinly spotted. Lacks breast bands, unlike Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse. Spotted Sandgrouse has an elongated rear compared to the similar Crowned Sandgrouse’s medium-length pin-tail projections. In flight note the strong contrast in its two-toned underwings. Flight call is a characteristic “Waka! Waka!” Favors sandy or stony desert plains where it breeds on the ground. Congregates to drink in waterholes in the morning, often flies long distances back and forth in large flocks.
We had to stay in the van when these birds arrived as they are very shy and would have taken off immediately. Not the easiest way to take a good photo, but one takes what one can get :)
Erg Chebbi, Morocco. March 2019.
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Doorway to the courtyard of the Moulay Ismail Mausoleum, Meknes, Morocco
Submitted: 30/11/2017
Accepted: 06/12/2017
Published:
- RANDOM HOUSE of Canada/ McClel (Canada) 06-Nov-2025
A caleche is a light two- or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and often having a folding top. They are common in tourist destination around the world, I encountered this one in Meknes, Morocco. The offer was too good to resist on a very hot afternoon; sight seeing was never so stylish.
Camera: Canon Eos 6D
Lens: EF24-105mmF/4L-IS-USM
Aperture: f/10
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Had lunch here at the Place el-Hedim. Although it is a touristy spot in Meknes, the meal was good and reasonably priced. Great for people (and animal) watching!
Trotting through the Imperial City walls on a 30 minute 'grand tour' of the the main tourist attractions of Meknes. On a hot day they are great for tired legs that don’t want to walk any farther. Now that I'm 29 years and several months in age, this seemed a great way to go.
At this place, I wanted to get a photo of one of the many storks flying around. You can see them sitting on the old palace building in the back. But none of the stork photos worked out. So, this is the composition I ended up with.
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dernier coup d'œil sur Meknes avant mise en ligne excursion dans le Moyen atlas
n the 2014 census, the High Commission for Planning gave the legal population of the city of Meknes as 632,079, which corresponds to the combined population of the municipalities of Meknes, Al Machouar – Stinia, Toulal and Ouislane. The municipality of Meknes proper recorded a population of 520,428 in the 2014 census.
Meknes is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty. Moulay Ismaïl turned Meknes into an impressive city in Spanish-Moorish style, surrounded by high walls with great doors, where the harmonious blending of the Islamic and European styles of the 17th century Maghreb are still evident today. The city recorded a population of 632,079 in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is the seat of Meknès Prefecture and an important economic pole in the region of Fès-Meknès.
Here is an arch in the Heri el Souni granary in Meknes
Morocco designed for Sultan Moulay Ismael to supply the Royal Stable
Mausoleo di Moulay Ismail, la porta di accesso.
Contenente le spoglie del sultano Moulay Ismail è un tempio del Marocco accessibile anche a chi non è di religione musulmana.
Situato nella è medina di Meknès, vi si accede dalla imponente porta Bab Mansour (In fase du restauro dopo l'ultimo terremoto).
Il mausoleo venne eretto quando il sultano era ancora in vita, e tuttora è assidua la venerazione per Moulay Ismail il quale, benché fu un sultano assolutamente dispotico, viene ricordato per le sue conquiste.
Scacciò gli spagnoli da Larache e gli inglesi da Tangeri e fu un custode dell'islamismo più ortodosso, che formò le basi delle leggi della dinastia alawide.
L'interno del mausoleo, al quale si accede attraversando due cortili, è decorato con ceramiche zellige e da stucchi elaborati, senza essere un'opera particolarmente fastosa, e solo i musulmani possono arrivare alla parte più interna del santuario ove si trova il sarcofago.
Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, the access door.
Containing the remains of Sultan Moulay Ismail, it is a temple in Morocco that is also accessible to those who are not Muslim.
Located in the medina of Meknès, it is accessed from the imposing Bab Mansour gate (under restoration after the last earthquake).
The mausoleum was built when the sultan was still alive, and there is still constant veneration for Moulay Ismail who, although he was an absolutely despotic sultan, is remembered for his conquests.
He drove the Spanish from Larache and the English from Tangier and was a guardian of the most orthodox Islamism, which formed the basis of the laws of the Alawide dynasty.
The interior of the mausoleum, which is accessed through two courtyards, is decorated with zellige ceramics and elaborate stucco work, without being a particularly sumptuous work, and only Muslims can reach the innermost part of the sanctuary where the sarcophagus is located.
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