Meknes - the city of 888 sons

In the 17th century, when the young Sultan Ismail ascended to the throne of Morocco, one of his first decisions was the choice of the new capital of the empire. And she became Meknes. Sultan ordered to build 76 fortresses, which were supposed to protect the main roads from possible attacks from the surrounding mountains.

As a result, Meknes was in the ring of a protective wall with a length of 25 km. And another sultan contained 500 concubines, which gave him 888 boys and an indefinite number of girls. In the Guinness Book of Records, he is recorded as the most father of many children in history. Therefore, I think, half of today's population of Meknes somehow is a distant relationship ...

One of the ancient sights is the Sultan's stables, which were built for many years. At the end of the post, we'll take a closer look at them

Bab Mansour - one of the most beautiful gates in North Africa. Through them we get to Meknes

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In the background, part of the fortress walls. In the front - old Mercedes, there are a lot of them

There are a lot of sports youth chasing the ball. I think the sultan would be pleased with

More guys are very fond of tennis. Grids are made from handy tools:

Baled wool:

Our group:

An example of modern Moroccan art:

Let's look closer at the stables of the Sultan:

They are indeed huge and majestic:

Today, however, there are no horses in them, but there are many cats:

So it's time to call them not "stables", but "cats"

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