Marrakesh, Also Marrakush, Marrakech

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CityAlso Marrakush, Marrakech

Marrakeshمراكش

The red city of the Almoravids and Almohads, which gave Morocco its name.

Founded around 1070 by the Almoravids as the capital of an empire from Senegal to Spain. The Almohads built its Kutubiyya mosque, whose minaret was a model for the Giralda of Seville. Europeans named the whole country, Morocco, after it.

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