{"id":3806,"date":"2026-06-24T00:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:49:52","slug":"morocco-marrakech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/2026\/06\/24\/morocco-marrakech\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco – Marrakech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MARRAKECH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the city is red because of the mud use in traditional construction.<\/p>\n

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Madrasa Ben Youssef –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Was an Islamic theology school that was founded in the 14th Century by the Marinid Dynasty. The layout contains student dormitory cells clustered around the first and second levels of the central courtyard.<\/p>\n

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The ornamentation of the Ben Youssef Madrasa derives closely from that of earlier\u00a0Moroccan and Andalusi architecture, which makes use of pools, gardens, fountains, and surfaces covered in\u00a0zellij<\/i> (mosaic\u00a0tilework) and intricately\u00a0carved stucco and wood.<\/p>\n

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On display in the madrasa today is an elaborately carved marble basin from the\u00a0Caliphate era\u00a0of\u00a0Cordoba, it was crafted at\u00a0Madinat al-Zahra between 1002 and 1007 to serve as ablutions basin (the Islamic procedure for cleansing parts of the body)<\/p>\n

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Jardin Majorelle –<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the City of Marrakech this was my favorite spot. It’s a must see. After been around so much desert it was a pleasure to be surrounded by vegetation.<\/p>\n

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It was created by the French\u00a0Orientalist\u00a0artist\u00a0Jacques Majorelle\u00a0over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features a\u00a0Cubist\u00a0villa designed by French architect Paul Sinoir in the 1930s.<\/p>\n

In the 1980s, the property was purchased by the fashion designer\u00a0Yves Saint-Laurent<\/p>\n

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Agafay Desert –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike the sahara desert the Agafay desert is a rocky, gravel-covered plateau. t\u2019s part of Morocco\u2019s High Atlas foothills and is arid, with little vegetation, dry heat, and a landscape that stretches for hundreds of hectares<\/p>\n

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Food –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Personally, it was a bit of straggle. I don’t think I was able to fully appreciate the range of flavors of the traditional moroccan cuisine.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to globalization there are\"\" always options.<\/p>\n

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