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The coast of Morocco in the Gibraltar Straits.
One of the walls of the medina (ancient city quarter) of Rabat. The Rabat medina dates back to the 17th century. It has a wide range of shops (pottery, leather, food), as well as parks, gardens, and broad boulevards.
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Rabat contains the tombs of the king and his two sons, the late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.
The Hassan Tower and the remains of a mosque that lie adjacent to the Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Rabat. The tower (44 m, 145 ft) is an incomplete minaret that was meant to be the the tallest in the world and to flank the world&apos;s largest mosque. Begun in 1195, construction was halted four years later when the sultan who commissioned the project died.
The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet at Tangier, Morocco. For the first half of the 20th century Tangier was an international city with its own laws and administration; it was returned to Morocco in 1956.
The Caves of Hercules is an archaeological cave complex in Cape Spartel, 14 km west of Tangier. Atlantic Ocean waters flood the caves at high tide. The cave opening is said to resemble the shape of the continent of Africa.
The interior of the Hercules Caves near Tangier. At high tide, Atlantic Ocean waters flood the caves, which are part natural and part man-made. The man-made section was used in the past by Amazigh people to cut stone wheels from the walls to make millstones, thus expanding the caves considerably. The lower right shows evidence of the millstone cutting.
The Koutoubia Mosque minaret in Marrakech.
Some of the dazzling tile work at the Marrakech Museum.
The Almoravid Qubba is a small monument in Marrakech. It was erected by the relatively short-lived Almoravid dynasty (1040-1147) in the early 12th century. It is notable for its extraordinary decoration and for being one of the only remnants of Almoravid architecture in Marrakech.
Today preserved as a historical site, the Ben Youssef Madrasa was founded in the 14th century and subsequently reconstructed. Upon completion in 1565, it became the largest Islamic college in Morocco and one of the largest in North Africa. The madrasa is named after the adjacent Ben Youssef Mosque founded by the Almoravid Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf (reigned 1106-1142).
The Jardin Majorelle (Majorelle Garden) is a one hectare (two and half acre) botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech. It was created by the French Orientalist artist, Jacques Majorelle over a period of almost forty years, beginning in 1923. Today, the garden and villa complex is open to the public. The villa houses the Islamic Art Museum of Marrakech and the Amazigh Museum. The garden hosts many bird species that are endemic to North Africa, and has many fountains and a notable collection of cacti.
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