This is a collection of pictures taken in Marrakech
in March, 2005.
All photos except two show locations inside the Marrakech medina.
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the images.
Lane and residential buildings in the medina
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Residential buildings in the medina
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Street scene
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Front door of the Dar Jirane
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Donkey cart in front of the Dar Jirane
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Mosque of Koutoubia
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Road construction, mosque (not the Koutoubia)
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Road construction, donkey cart used to transport the building materials
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Courtyard with apartments
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Central basin in the Jardin Menara (outside the medina)
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Tourists and Moroccans in the Jardin Menara, olive grove
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Place Djemaa el-Fna at sunset
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Food stalls on Place Djemaa el-Fna at sunset
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Place Djemaa el-Fna, food vendors preparing their food stalls for the evening rush
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Food stall, customers on Place Djemaa el-Fna at night
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Food stall on Djemaa el-Fna displaying tasty olives and vegetables
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Commercial street in the medina
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Women walking down a residential street in the medina
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Donkey carts waiting in line
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Busy street in the medina
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Children and adolescents working in the blacksmiths souq
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Tourists in the blacksmiths souq
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Minuscule workshop in the blacksmiths souq
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Potion and spice shop
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Store in the carpet souq
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Tourists, vendor in the souq
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Square in the souq
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Place Djemaa el-Fna at sunset
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Place Djemaa el-Fna, orange juice vendors (there are dozens of them, all alike)
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Place Djemaa el-Fna at noon
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Evening crowd on Place Djemaa el-Fna
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Storks' nests in the Mellah (Jewish quarter)
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Jewish cemetery in the Mellah
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Jewish cemetery in the Mellah
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Derb Ouartani, the tiny and very hard to find (even by local taxi drivers) lane where Dar Jirane is located
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Dar Jirane roof terrace
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Dar Jirane roof terrace
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View from Dar Jirane roof terrace, Koutoubia mosque in the distance
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Moroccan-style breakfast at Dar Jirane (served on roof terrace)
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Dar Jirane roof terrace, Oliver
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Dar Jirane roof terrace, Irmgard, breakfast
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The suite in Dar Jirane
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The suite in Dar Jirane
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