Kasbah of Beni Mellal is a historical monument in Beni Mellal, Morocco. It is a classified monument by the Moroccan Ministry of Culture. [1]
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| Location | Beni Mellal |
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| Completion date | 1688 |
The nameEdit
The Kasbah is also named Kasbah or Borj Ras el Ain instead of Beni Mellal. [2]
HistoryEdit
The Kasbah is located on the top of a mountain next to Ain Asserdoune which provides a view over the city of Beni Mellal.
It was first built by the Alaouite Sultan Moulay Ismail to protect the city from invaders. [3]
GalleryEdit
The Kasbah with a view over the city of Beni Mellal
View inside the Kasbah
The Kasbah is also accessible by car
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Classified Monuments in Morocco". IDPC.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Martinière, Maximilien Antoine Cyprien Henri Poisson de La; Lacroix, Napoléon (1894). Documents pour servir à l'étude du nord ouest africain (in French). Gouvernement général de l'Algérie, Service des affaires indigènes.
- ^ Brockhaus' Conversations-lexikon: Allgemeine Deutsche Real-encyklopädie (in German). F.A. Brockhaus. 1883.
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