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Djemaa El Fnaa square, Marrakech

The Djemaa el Fnaa is the main square in Marrakech and the most important place in the medina. In her public life in Marrakech both day and night it unfolds.
Best of Djemaa el Fnaa is the transformation that undergoes during the day.
By day you can find all kinds of amazing people: from trainers of monkeys hanging onto to snake charmers, dentists through exposing his last parts removed.
In addition to the strange characters in Djemaa el Fnaa are also many stalls of orange juice, spices, mint and snails.
According toward evening, the square changes completely. By nightfall the stalls in the morning they disappear and filled with food stalls where you can dine, improvised musicians and performances of various kinds.
It has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. Historically this square was used for public decapitations by rulers who sought to maintain their power by frightening the public. The square attracted dwellers from the surrounding desert and mountains to trade here, and stalls were raised in the square from early in its history. The square attracted tradesmen, snake charmers, dancing boys of the Chleuh Atlas tribe, and musicians playing pipes, tambourines and African drums.
Marrakech is one of the most important cities in Morocco. It has 1, 545, 541 inhabitants and is the south, at the foot of the Atlas, 466 meters high. It has numerous world heritage monuments, which make it the main attraction of the country.
It is next to Meknes, Fez and Rabat, one of the four imperial cities of Morocco. It was founded in 1062 by the Almoravids and was the capital of the Islamic empire

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Fontaine Place an-Nejjarine 8Fez, Morocco)

Fes or Fez (Fas) is the third largest city of Morocco.Fas el Bali is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its medina, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is believed to be the worlds largest contiguous car-free urban area

© SoniaBlanco

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Bab Dekakene Gateway, Fez, Morocco, North Africa

Scene at the Bab Dekakene (Bab Dekkaken) Gateway at Fez (Fes), Morocco, North Africa. on a Festival (Fete / Holiday) day. Date: circa 1920

© Philip Mowbray / Mary Evans Picture Library

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