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The coast of Morocco in the Gibraltar Straits.
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco, contains the tombs of the king and his two sons, the late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.
The Hassan Tower and the remains of a mosque that lie adjacent to the Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. The tower (44 m, 145 ft) is an incomplete minaret that was meant to be the the tallest in the world to flank the world's largest mosque. Begun in 1195, construction was halted four years later when the sultan who commissioned the project died.
The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea meet at Tangier, Morocco. For the first half of the 20th century, Tangier was an international city with its own laws and administration. It was returned to Morocco in 1956.
The interior of the Hercules Caves near Tangier, Morocco. The caves are part natural and part man-made. Amazigh people used the man-made section to cut stone wheels from the walls to make millstones, expanding the caves considerably. The lower-right part of the photo shows evidence of millstone cutting.
The Koutoubia Mosque minaret in Marrakech, Morocco.
The Almoravid Qubba is a small monument in Marrakech, Morocco. It was erected by the relatively short-lived Almoravid dynasty (1040-1147) in the early 12th century.
Today preserved as a historical site, the Ben Youssef Madrasa was founded in the 14th century and subsequently reconstructed. When completed in 1565, it was the largest Islamic college in Morocco and one of the largest in North Africa. The madrasa is named after the adjacent Ben Youssef Mosque founded by the Almoravid Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf (reigned 1106-1142).
The Jardin Majorelle (Majorelle Garden) is a one-hectare (two-and-a-half acre) botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech, Morocco. It was created by French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over a period of almost forty years, beginning in 1923. The villa houses the Islamic Art Museum of Marrakech and the Amazigh Museum.
The Saadian Tombs are a historic royal necropolis in Marrakech, Morocco, that date to the time of the Saadian Dynasty (1549-1659). They are located on the south side of the Kasbah Mosque, inside the royal kasbah (citadel) district of the city. This view offers a glimpse into the Chamber of the Three Niches from the main mausoleum.
Village in the High Atlas Mountains of southern Morocco. The reddish (oxidized) soils lend their color to the brickwork throughout the village.
Argania is the national tree of Morocco and is native only to the country's southwestern region. The seeds from the fruit of the tree produces the world famous argan oil, one of the rarest oils in the world (also known as the "liquid gold" of Morocco) highly prized for cooking, medicines, and cosmetics.
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