Medina of Taza (Arabic: المدينة القديمة لتازة) is the oldest town or quarter in the city of Taza, Morocco. It is classified as a national cultural heritage.[1]
| Medina of Taza | |
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| Native name Arabic: المدينة القديمة لتازة | |
Location of Medina of Taza in Morocco | |
| Location | Taza, Morocco |
The quarter was first known as 'Ribāt Taza رباط تازة' which was a Fatimid military camp.[2] It was first settled by Miknasa tribesmen before the Almoravid empire took over in 1074. They were replaced by the Almohad empire in 1132. In 1248 the city was captured by the Marinids. In 1914, it fell to the French.
The medina has several notable historical monuments:
- Great Mosque of Taza
- Al-Andalous Mosque
- Borj Taza
- 14th-century madrasa (Coranic school)
- City gates, also called bab
- Bab Jemaa, or Friday Gate
- Bab el-Qebbour
- Bab el-Rih, or the Wind Gate
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Wall around the medina
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From Bab Jemaa in 2016
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Great mosque of Taza
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Fondouk in 1929
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City walls in 1929
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Bab Jemaa in 1929
- ^ "Médina de Taza". Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ History of the Arabs and the Berbers and Their Powerful Contemporaries by Ibn khaldūd تاريخ ابن خلدون.