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Pictures of Meknes, Morocco. One of the imperial cities of Morocco, Meknes is more mellow than its famous neighbor of Fes. But, it has similar souks, medieval gates and walls, and craft guilds inside the medina (old town). See the famous Bab Mansour and other gates of the wall that surrounds the original city. Craft guilds are alive here; you can wander around the medina and see carpenters, butchers, blacksmiths, weavers and other tradespeople learning and teaching skills handed down through the ages.
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| Details of one of the many gates of Meknes, Morocco |
Wider view of the previous medina gate |
Getting lost in the medieval maze of narrow streets and tunnels of the medina is part of the fun |
Hotel doorway in Meknes, Morocco |
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| Looking from within dark tunnel to bright medina walls |
Horse carriage, walls, and gate of central Meknes |
Detail of the most famous gate in Meknes, Bab Mansour |
Bab Mansour, medina gate of Meknes, Morocco |
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| Outside the Meknes medina, with a large gate in the background |
Doorway to a personal home in the medina |
Cut tile detail in Meknes |
Wall tile work in a former palace, now a restaurant |
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| Tile work in Place el Hadim, Meknes |
Closer view of previous tile wall |
Meknes, Morocco fountain |
Fountain and government offices, Meknes |
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| Place el Hedim, opposite Bab Mansour to the left |
Cut tile detail from a public water source in the middle of the medina |
Painted ceiling of public water source |
Moulay Ismail Mausoleum entrance |
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| Details of mausoleum entrance, Meknes, Morocco |
Fountain inside Moulay Ismail Mausoleum |
Looking above the fountain inside the mausoleum |
Ceiling detail, Moulay Ismail Mausoleum |
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| Mausoleum hinge for a large door, Meknes, Morocco |
Door detail |
Common Moroccan door style with smaller door inside a larger one |
Painted woodwork detail, Moulay Ismail Mausoleum |
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| An old master shows his grandson the art of weaving |
Working the ancient loom |
Inside the weaving guild, spinning wool onto smaller spools |
Two workers in the weaving guild |
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| Detail of a loom, which I'm sure is much older than me |
Pulleys and ropes of a weaving loom |
Sweet treats at a Meknes souk |
Figs, dates, and nuts at the souk |
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| Olives and pickled lemons at the souk |
One of the more photogenic butchers at the souk |
Machine to remove chicken feathers at the souk |
Blacksmith inside the medina (old city) of Meknes, Morocco |
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Marble sized salt being shoveled into a grinder to make table salt |
Real salt in various sizes, before it's put into the grinder |
