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Moulay Idriss Zerhoun

Morocco's holy hilltown, near Meknes

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Moulay Idriss Zerhoun is a whitewashed hilltown about 28 km from Meknes, built around the tomb of Moulay Idriss I, founder of Morocco's first Islamic dynasty. One of the country's holiest places, it spreads across two hills below the green-tiled mausoleum and is capped by the only cylindrical minaret in Morocco.

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Moulay Idriss Zerhoun is one of Morocco's holiest towns. It grew around the tomb of Moulay Idriss I, founder of the Idrisid dynasty and of the first Islamic state in Morocco, who died in 791. His green-tiled mausoleum remains an important pilgrimage site.

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