Bab Mansour, granaries and the Dar Jamaï garden offer three ways to read the city.
Stories of the cityA broad arch, dense framing and details that outlast a first glance. Start at Bab Mansour to read Meknes as an older city and an Ismailian capital, then continue to stores and garden beyond the familiar image.
Read the storyA sequence of arches carries the eye deep into the building. Granaries reveal a practical face of the imperial city and the relationship between a façade representing power and infrastructure helping a large place endure.
Read the storyTrees shade the courtyard of a former residence, now a museum of Moroccan music. Dar Jamaï connects domestic architecture with museum history, opening through instruments and song onto traditions extending beyond a single city.
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