North Tower:


North Tower:
This tower is also known as the name of door Djish to incidence on the exits of the city from the point of the door in question. Takes this huge tower located above a rocky oversees the Fez el Bali vicinity of the old chapel, which dates back to the era Almareni. The construction of this building defense in the year 1582 AD the reign of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur Dahbi, and designed according to the model engineering commonly used during the sixteenth century through the various countries of the Mediterranean basin, as it was considered a form developed in the design of buildings defensive use of firearms heavy. In addition to these outstanding parameter in the defense system of the city of Fez, the Sultan al-Saadi Ahmed el-Mansour other building towers Similarly in the coastal city of Larache and three of these towers are unique examples of this type of architecture in Morocco. During subsequent periods shift the role of the north tower of Fez protection from possible external attacks to pay tribal raids around the city.
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