Kasbah of Beni Mellal is a historical monument in Beni Mellal, Morocco. It is a classified monument by the Moroccan Ministry of Culture. [1]
قصبة بني ملال | |
Location | Beni Mellal |
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Completion date | 1688 |
The name
editThe Kasbah is also named Kasbah or Borj Ras el Ain instead of Beni Mellal. [2]
History
editThe 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]
Gallery
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The Kasbah with a view over the city of Beni Mellal
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View inside the Kasbah
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The Kasbah is also accessible by car
References
edit- ^ "Classified Monuments in Morocco". IDPC.
- ^ 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.