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Morocco 2017: Skoura and the Kasbah Amridil – The Director’s Cut

We head to Skoura, where we would visit a 17th century citadel, and I would fall in love ... with a loom!

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Morocco Leave a comment June 27, 2022June 27, 2022

Morocco 2017: A Tile Factory, a Library and a Souk in Fez – The Director’s Cut

Fez is the second oldest city in the world after Jerusalem. It lays claim to the first psychiatric and surgical hospitals, the oldest university and library (coincidentally, founded by a woman) and the world's 3rd largest mosque.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Morocco 6 Comments May 1, 2022April 30, 2022

Morocco 2017: Rabat – The Director’s Cut

We arrive in Rabat, founded in the 10th century, now the second largest metropolis in Morocco. We drive along the crenelated wall of the Kasbah of the Oudaias and walk through the medina to our riad.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Morocco Leave a comment March 1, 2022February 28, 2022

Across Andalucia: The Albayzin – The Director’s Cut

I find the Great Mosque but cannot enter. There's a fountain in the courtyard and a great view of the Alhambra in the distance. The view must be spectacular at night.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments January 5, 2022December 19, 2021

Across Andalucia: The Alhambra Fortress – The Director’s Cut

"...The lower part of the walls is encrusted with beautiful Moorish tiles… the upper part is faced with fine stucco-work...artfully joined, so as to have the appearance of having been laboriously sculpted by hand…”

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 1 Comment December 29, 2021January 30, 2022

Across Andalucia: The Mezquita – The Director’s Cut

The Mezquita was the largest mosque in the Western world, measuring almost 24,000 square meters. It was built in stages between 785 and 987 and would be considered the most important sanctuary of Western Islam.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments July 19, 2021July 22, 2021

Across Andalucia: Buildings of Faith – The Director’s Cut

I will always remember Toledo as the city where churches, synagogues and mosques have such similar architecture that you might not realize which house of faith you are in without a guidebook.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments June 27, 2021July 22, 2021

Across Andalucia: Toledo Transit – The Director’s Cut

Toledo is rugged, but compact, and in spite of its hills it is a fairly easy walk

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments June 27, 2021July 22, 2021

Return to Turkey: Bursa’s Mosques and Tombs – The Director’s Cut

The magnificent Ulu Camii was built in 1399, when, to satisfy a promise to construct 20 mosques, Yildirim Bayazid chose instead to build a single mosque with 20 domes and minarets.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Turkey Leave a comment June 12, 2021December 19, 2021

Return to Turkey: Chora Church – The Director’s Cut

The next day, I look for the Chora Church, which Baha had suggested the last time I was here...

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Turkey Leave a comment June 8, 2021December 19, 2021

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