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    Mechouar or meshwar (Arabic: مشور, romanized: mashwar, meshwar; Spanish: mexuar; French: méchouar) is a type of location, typically a courtyard within...
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    publicly visible parts of the palace are its main entrances at the Old Mechouar (to the northeast) and the highly ornate 20th-century gates at Place des...
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    Mechouar Palace (Arabic: قصر المشور) or the Zianide Royal Palace is the former official residence of the Zayyanid dynasty in the city of Tlemcen, Algeria...
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    neighbourhoods.: 498  West of this mechouar is a narrower rectangular mechouar, the Inner Mechouar (also called Mechouar al-Wastani), measuring about 200...
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    It is situated in the commune of Touarga [fr]. Its official name is El Mechouar Essaid, lit. 'Venue of Happiness'.[citation needed] The 'Alawi sultans...
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  • Mechouar (Arabic: المشور) is a small urban municipality in the arrondissement of Al Fida, in the Al Fida - Mers Sultan district of Casablanca, of the Casablanca-Settat...
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    Mechouar Mosque (Arabic: مسجد المشور) is a historic mosque in the city of Tlemcen, Algeria. The mosque is a part of the historic Mechouar Castle which...
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    the Grand Mechouar (west of the Inner Mechouar), where ambassadors were received. It is located in the northeastern corner of this mechouar.: 499  Bab...
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  • Mechouar Kasba (Arabic: المشور القصبة,) is a town and municipality in Marrakesh Prefecture of the Marrakesh-Safi region of Morocco. At the time of the...
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    by intervening gardens or districts. What is now called the Old Mechouar (Vieux Méchouar), a large walled square fronting the entrance to the Royal Palace...
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    the palace of El Mechouar is the precise description given by the traveler Hassan Al-Wazzan, who said, "The royal palace of El Mechouar is located south...
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    850, which corresponds to the combined population of the municipality of Méchouar-Kasba and the five arrondissements of Annakhil, Gueliz, Marrakech-Médina...
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    extending its entrance up to the current location of the Old Mechouar while adding the New Mechouar, along with the Dar al-Makina, to the north. The expansion...
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    Badi Palace in Marrakesh.: 312  In Tlemcen, Algeria, the Zayyanid-era Mechouar Palace was described as featuring enclosed gardens, although nothing of...
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    The film was entirely shot in Algeria, in Algiers and Tlemcen at the El Mechouar Palace, as well as in other locations. Director Damien Ounouri explains...
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    monuments that characterize the city of Tiznit are Khalifa Palace, El Méchouar Place and the Grand Mosque. The old Medina of Tiznit is enclosed by a wall...
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    مومن). Al Fida – Mers Sultan (الفداء – مرس السلطان) – Al Fida (الفداء); Mechouar (المشور) (municipality), Mers Sultan (مرس السلطان). Hay Hassani (الحي الحسني)...
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    (mosque courtyard) and a mechouar (ceremonial square typically found at the entrance of Moroccan royal palaces). This mechouar entrance to the mosque is...
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    Aaiún City Left to right, top to bottom: Footprints on the sand, Place Mechouar, Street, Monumental Arch, Laayoune Cathedral Laayoune Location in Western...
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    Qasr al-Qadim but he soon moved the seat of power to a new citadel, the Mechouar, towards the mid 13th century. The city was thereafter ruled for centuries...
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    a vast public square accessed through Bab al-Mansur. It served as the mechouar (or mishwar) of the palace, a parade ground where official ceremonies,...
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    Morocco. The gate is situated between the Old Mechouar (or Vieux Méchouar) and the New Mechouar (or Nouveau Méchouar) on the northern edge of Fes el-Jdid. The...
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    Planning defines the city of Marrakesh as comprising the municipality of Méchouar-Kasba and the five arrondissements of Annakhil, Gueliz, Marrakech-Médina...
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    construction in the mid-18th century.: 313  Dependencies facing the Kasbah's Mechouar include a former Bayt al-mal or treasury, created in the late 18th century...
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    westernmost part of the palace complex. It was analogous to the mashwars (or mechouars) of royal palaces in North Africa. It was first built as part of the larger...
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    added to them and embellished them. The complex was entered via a "Grand Mechouar", a vast ceremonial square or courtyard, to the south of the Almohad-era...
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    developed this into a fortified palatial complex known as the Meshouar (or Mechouar; Arabic: قلعة المشور, romanized: Qal'at al-Mashwār) to which his successors...
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    Pacha el-Baghdadi) Place Nejjarine Place Seffarine Tala'a Kebira For the "Mechouars" of the Royal Palace, see Royal Palace of Fez Other landmarks Borj Neffara...
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    later his two younger brothers, to the cadet school of Revolution in El Mechouar Palace, Tlemcen. Khadra describes the beginning of his passion for writing...
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    Museum of Modern Art is located in front of Riad Al Ochak garden. The Mechouar of the Royal Palace is situated just outside and by one of the entrances...
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