Rabat, Meknes and Fez

December 25-27, 2018
001 - IMG_4315 December 25, 2018 - Rabat, Morocco - the first stop of our 11-day Morocco tour...
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002 - IMG_1904 Hassan Mosque & Tower, Rabat
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003 - P1150574 Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan, the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat...
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004 - IMG_1920 ... work begun in 1195AD, the tower, made of red sandstone, was intended to be the largest minaret in the world along with the mosque...
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005 - IMG_1917 ... construction of the mosque stopped in 1199, the tower only reached 140 ft, about half of its intended 260 ft height...
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006 - IMG_1906 ... the rest of the mosque was also left incomplete, with only the beginnings of several walls and 348 columns being constructed...
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007 - IMG_1907 Hassan Mosque & Tower - strategically placed on the high south bank of the Bu Regreg river to provide an imposing spectacle visible for miles around...
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008 - IMG_1914 Mausoleum of Mohammed V located on the esplanade at the opposite side of the Hassan Tower in Rabat
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009 - P1150576 ... construction completed in 1971, building considered a masterpiece of modern Alaouite dynasty architecture, with its white silhouette topped by a typical...
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010 - IMG_1934 Rabat, Morocco 12/25/2018
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011 - IMG_1909 ... it's said that two of Morocco’s most mystical places - an incomplete project of majestic proportions (Hassan Tower), and standing as a masterpiece of modern...
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012 - IMG_1921 Rabat, Morocco 12/25/2018
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013 - P1150583 Hassan Tower & Mosque - unfinished tower along with the remains of the mosque and the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V, forming an important historical and...
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014 - P1150585 Rabat, Morocco 12/25/2018
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015 - IMG_1905 Hassan Tower and Mohamed V Mausoleum in Rabat - 12/25/18
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016 - P1150593 Rabat - December 25, 2018 6:13pm
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018 - P1150607 Udayas (Oudayas) Kasbah, a City within a City - Rabat, Morocco 12/26/2018 8:41am
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019 - IMG_1953 Udayas Kasbah, Rabat 12/26/2018
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020 - P1150612 ... picturesque blue-white houses at the winding streets of Oudayas Kasbah, Rabat...
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021 - IMG_1955 Udayas Kasbah, Rabat 12/26/2018
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