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Kasbah of Beni Mellal

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Kasbah of Beni Mellal
قصبة بني ملال
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LocationBeni Mellal
Completion date1688

Kasbah of Beni Mellal is a historical monument in Beni Mellal, Morocco. It is a classified monument by the Moroccan Ministry of Culture. [1]

The name

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The Kasbah is also named Kasbah or Borj Ras el Ain instead of Beni Mellal. [2]

History

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The Kasbah is located on the top of a mountain next to Ain Asserdoune which provides a view over the city of Beni Mellal.

It was first built by the Alaouite Sultan Moulay Ismail to protect the city from invaders. [3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Classified Monuments in Morocco". IDPC.
  2. ^ Martinière, Maximilien Antoine Cyprien Henri Poisson de La; Lacroix, Napoléon (1894). Documents pour servir à l'étude du nord ouest africain (in French). Gouvernement général de l'Algérie, Service des affaires indigènes.
  3. ^ Brockhaus' Conversations-lexikon: Allgemeine Deutsche Real-encyklopädie (in German). F.A. Brockhaus. 1883.