CLUES
- The Almoravids founded this city in 1061 A.D. as a military settlement.
- It mostly is associated with Sultan Moulay Ismail, who reigned from 1672 to 1727 and transformed it into a spectacular capital with
45 kilometers of exterior walls. - Its urban design integrates Islamic and European architecture and town planning.
- Behind the city’s high defensive walls are 25 mosques, 10 public baths, palaces, granaries, vestiges of merchant inns and private houses.
ANSWER The historic city of Meknes, Morocco
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