The Almohad Imprint in Marrakesh: Reconfiguration of an Inherited City

This paper tries to review the urban landscape of Marrakech during the Almohad period, a historical stage of the city that consolidated it as one of the great capitals of the Islamic world. Although the city had already been delimited and configured by the Almoravids, the Almohad installation meant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Almela, Íñigo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/30570
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/30570
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:5506.02 Historia del arte
Marrakech
Urban planning
Almoravid
Almohad
Maghrib
Morocco
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Sumario:This paper tries to review the urban landscape of Marrakech during the Almohad period, a historical stage of the city that consolidated it as one of the great capitals of the Islamic world. Although the city had already been delimited and configured by the Almoravids, the Almohad installation meant a structural transformation of it, a fact that was mainly marked by two aspects: the legacy of a city symbolically imbued with the enemy essence and the adaptation to the new ruling power with its own needs. Likewise, we analyze the glow of his Almohad identity at the beginning of the Modern Age, especially during the Saadi period