The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley

2020-12-10 2020-12-10T20:17:19Z
جمعية المبادرة المغربية للعلوم والفكر
جمعية المبادرة المغربية للعلوم والفكر
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  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
  • The Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought: In pictures, the exploits of Nador around the Moulouya Valley
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Photos: Hussein Al-Turk

Moulouya (in Berber: Melawit; in rural pronunciation: Melouhet) is a river in northern Morocco 15 km away from the city of Zaio and crossing the city of Guercif, which is the natural border between the provinces of Nador and Berkane, and previously it was a separator between French and Spanish colonialists in northeastern Morocco, and historically formed the border between the two kingdoms Numidia and Britain Tangier.

The Moulouya River starts its course at the intersection of the Middle Atlas and the High Atlas in the Midelt region (Tonfit, Khenifra region), and extends about 600 km from its headwaters in the Atlas to its mouth in the Kebdana plains on the outskirts of the Mediterranean Sea with a flow of 50 cubic meters per second, and in the vicinity of the city of Ras al-Maa. Tourist, which in turn is located 14 km from the Algerian border.

Around the Moulouya River there are many distinctive architectural monuments:

1- The Willow Castle or Castle of the Two Towers, which was called by the inhabitants of Melilla, the Forteresse de la Princesse : it is considered one of the most beautiful Spanish military monuments in the region, and historical sources say that the date of its construction dates back to 1921.

2- The Bunker fortifications (a word of English origin meaning the treasury): These are the military fortifications that were built during the period of the Spanish presence in the region, and historical sources mention that the date of their construction on the Malawian banks dates back to 1939.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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