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Meknes
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Mek·nes  (mk-ns)
A city of northern Morocco west-southwest of Fez. A capital of Moroccan sultans after c. 1672, it was once known as "the Versailles of Morocco" for its palatial buildings and splendid gardens. Population: 536,000.


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Thus Colonel Kirke described Mequinez (Meknes) as 'extremely delightful, the walks being adorned with rows of orange trees that grew through a pleasant and glittering pavement of painted tiles' (Routh 1905: 73).
 
 
 
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