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Meknes

Entrance between Bab Mansour and the Royal Palace, Meknes, Morocco pictured on December 26, 2009. Palm trees flank the sunlit traditional archway in the stuccoed wall. The Bab Mansoor Gate, completed in 1732, is named after its architect. Meknes, one of Morocco's Imperial cities, was redeveloped under Sultan Ismail Moulay (1634-1727). It is a fortified city built from pise, or clay and straw, and was designed to be the political capital of Morocco, as opposed to Fez, the religious capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Entrance between Bab Mansour and the Royal Palace, Meknes, Morocco pictured on December 26, 2009. Palm trees flank the sunlit traditional archway in the stuccoed wall. The Bab Mansoor Gate, completed in 1732, is named after its architect. Meknes, one of Morocco's Imperial cities, was redeveloped under Sultan Ismail Moulay (1634-1727). It is a fortified city built from pise, or clay and straw, and was designed to be the political capital of Morocco, as opposed to Fez, the religious capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen