Coming into Meknes

Coming into the city of Meknes.

Coming into Meknes

Coming into Meknes

Closer–up of the housing.

Coming into Meknes

Coming into Meknes

More of the housing.

Coming into Meknes

Coming into Meknes

A man pushing a wagon on the side of the road.

Coming into Meknes

Coming into Meknes

Women in Islamic dress on the side of the road.

Coming into Meknes

Coming into Meknes

A pretty minaret.

Coming into Meknes

Coming into Meknes

The entrance to the mosque.

Coming into Meknes

Meknes

Passing part of the city wall with a beautiful gate.

Meknes

Meknes

More of the city wall.

Meknes

Meknes

Horse and buggy at the city wall.

Meknes

Meknes

The Bab Mansour El–Aleuj Gate (the Gate of the Victorius Renegade) begun by the Sultan Moulay Ismail about 1672, completed in 1732.

Meknes

Meknes

More of the gate.

Meknes

Meknes

Close–up of the decorations on the gate.

Meknes

Meknes

Another close–up.

Meknes

Meknes

And another close–up.

Meknes

Meknes

The main square of the medina (marketplace; the Place l–Hedime) across from the Bab Mansour El–Aleuj Gate.

Meknes

Meknes

Buildings above the market square.

Meknes

Meknes

Women in two types of Islamic dress. The woman on the left has on a tunic and pants. This type of outfit is often worn by younger women and by teen–age school girls. I think that the woman on the right is wearing a chador.

Meknes

Meknes

More Islamic outfits to view.

Meknes

Meknes

Close–up. I think the women in black and dark gray are wearing abayas with khimar head scarves. This is the first little girl I saw dressed in Islamic clothing. Usually, girls don’t start wearing Islamic outfits until they are at least pre–teens.

Meknes

Meknes

The little girl.

Meknes

Meknes

A gate to walk through. About this time, we heard the call for prayer. Not one of the people who we saw were rushing off to a mosque or bringing out prayer rugs. Rachid told us that Morocco is not very devout in observance of the Muslim religion except for Ramadan, when everyone becomes religious. The leader of the Muslim religion in Morocco is the king. Additionally, Morocco does not allow madrasahes, Islamic religious schols.

Meknes

Meknes

A woman selling sunflower seeds.

Meknes

Meknes

Women walking along the city wall.

Meknes

Meknes

The old Jewish section near the city wall.

Meknes

Meknes

An alley that we passed.

Meknes

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

The Mausoleum of Sultan Moulay Ismail, built in the 17th century and remodeled in the 18th and 20th centuries. Moulay Ismail, his son, and Sultan Moulay Abder Rahman were laid to rest in its burial chamber.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Outside tile work.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

More tile work.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Inside the mausoleum. Entrance to a courtyard.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

The courtyard.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

An alcove.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

The burial chamber.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

The fountain.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Arches.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Plaster work.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Inside the mausoleum.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

A beautiful door.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

A hallway.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Door to the outside.

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Menkes

The wool market.

Menkes

Menkes

Wool for sale. You buy the wool here and then stuff pillows and maybe mattresses with it.

Menkes

Menkes

The rug market.

Menkes

Menkes

Rugs for sale.

Menkes

Menkes

Next stop, Heri as Souani (the Royal Granary). The granary has 13–foot–thick walls, keeping the temperature to below 64 degrees F in the summer. Grain was poured in from the windows, then ground by millstones turned by horses.

Menkes

Menkes

More of the Royal Granary.

Menkes

Menkes

The stable for the horses that worked in the granary.

Menkes

On the Road to Fez

Now back on the road to Fez. We passed by this racetrack.

On the Road to Fez

On the Road to Fez

And this scenery.

On the Road to Fez

In Fez at Our Hotel

We spent the next two nights at the Menzeh Hotel in Fez. Its front desk.

In Fez at Our Hotel

Our Hotel in Fez

Photograph of King Mohammed VI above the front desk. You will see photographs of the king throughout Morocco, mainly at hotels, restaurants, and stores. The photos are all different––of the king at different ages or in different poses.

Our Hotel in Fez

Our Hotel in Fez

The hotel’s lounge. I was sending e–mails out on my i–Pod in the lobby during a party here. I put the party and the singing on a video on this website: Go to My Movies, page 36, “Party at Fez, Morocco, Hotel.

Our Hotel in Fez

Our Hotel in Fez

My room. Very, very nice.

Our Hotel in Fez

Our Hotel in Fez

My jacuzzi. I also had a sitting room.

Our Hotel in Fez

Our Hotel in Fez

My included dinner at the hotel––another buffet.

Our Hotel in Fez