The visit of Marrakech
Shopping of medina
The history of Medina
Founded in 11th century, the medina of Marrakech is spread out on more than 600 hectares.
Medina formed the historic the centre city of Marrakech. Its originality is its refinement that comes from the specific nature of the Marrakech. The city was an effect erected on a virgin site for whole human agglomeration.
The architects and the givers disposed since then the whole necessary place in order to build houses with an exceptional area. It is not ever since astonished that medina the Marrakech stretched on more than 600hectares, the yielding is the largest in morocco.
Marrakech origin is a military encampment and a market. In 12th century, a Kasbah was established at the end of protecting the city from the attacks of the highlander tribes and the establishment of the Almoravides supremacy in the region. The tracing of the walls was on several occasions modified and spreads out by various dynasties were ruled upon Marrakech.
The height of walls is 8-10 m surrounding to days medina over 19 km and respect more than 200 castles of defences. The nickname ochre is the best name that was given to Marrakech: the red Marrakech. Its walls are also cut with remarkable doors, of which some doors were crossing the centuries since their build during 12th century. The doors: Bab Errob or Bab Agnaou, both of them were built differently by Almohades thus its first usage gave it a splendid example of defensive architecture at that period.
Medina the Marrakech guard its spirit and its commercial character. Its different thematic markets are always an important attraction. Commercial and an artesian centre is known in all over the world. More than 40.000Craftsman work inside their maze alley protected by wooden lathwork or in covered passages.
You will find almost everything: objects of decoration, fashion accessory, we pass by inevitable oil of argan.
