Basic materials: stones ground and lime.
Go back to construction: beginning of XII e century at the
time of Almoravides.
Was ordered between 1120 and 1135 A. JC at the time of the Sovereign
Almoravide Ali Ben Youssef, advised by Cadi as a head of Cordoue
Abou Al Walid Ibn Rochd large father of Averroès, to fight
against the threats which the tribes of high Atls represented, raised
by the dynasty incipient from Almohades.
Perimeter: more 19 km
Height of the wall: betewen 6 and 8 m
Turrets for the guard with passage not exceeding 0.60m: nearly
200 turrets.
Turrets for the guard with passage not exceeding 0.60m: nearly
200 turrets.
Bored by nearly a score
of monumental doors, giving exclusive access of the tribes according
to directions' leading to the city, it still seems to protect
the medina from improbable invaders.
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