Medina of Taza explained

Medina of Taza
Native Name:	المدينة القديمة لتازة
Native Language:	Arabic
Location:	Taza, Morocco

Medina of Taza (Arabic: المدينة القديمة لتازة) is the oldest town or quarter in the city of Taza, Morocco. It is classified as a national cultural heritage.^[1]

History

The quarter was first known as 'Ribāt Taza رباط تازة which was a Fatimid military camp.^[2] It was first settled by Miknasa tribesmen before the Almoravid empire took over in 1074. They were replaced by the Almohad empire in 1132. In 1248 the city was captured by the Marinids. In 1914, it fell to the French.

Notable monuments

The medina has several notable historical monuments:

• Great Mosque of Taza
• Al-Andalous Mosque
• Borj Taza
• 14th-century madrasa (Coranic school)
• City gates, also called bab
  • Bab Jemaa, or Friday Gate
  • Bab el-Qebbour
  • Bab el-Rih, or the Wind Gate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Médina de Taza . 2020-12-06 . 2019-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821202414/http://idpc.ma/view/pc_architecture/sanae:280012 . dead .
2. Book: History of the Arabs and the Berbers and Their Powerful Contemporaries by Ibn khaldūd تاريخ ابن خلدون.