Kasbah Oudayas is a city within a city , a little apart in Rabat , now more than ever .But if there was only one thing to do in Rabat ( what crazy idea !) , Then he should go to Oudaïas .Built in the twelfth century by the Almohads , it was originally called Mehdiya . This is the kasbah which gave its name to the city . The
Ribat is indeed a fortified convent and it is here that the monks
settled soldiers who went to holy war in Spain tell Christians. The Ribat became the " Ribat El Fath " Ribat of victory ... Rabat.
When the Moors , the Andalusians expelled from Spain , landed there in the early seventeenth century, it took the name of Kasba Andalusian and even became an autonomous republic of corsairs (with Salt ) from 1621 to 1647. In 1833 , when the tribe hunted Oudaya Fez by Sultan Moulay Abderrahman settled there , we finally gave him the name of Kasba Oudayas (or Kasbah Oudaïas ) .The "village" Oudaïas as we know it today is quite recent and dates from the late nineteenth early twentieth century . The Kasbah , in fact , apart from the palace was home to only a few wealthy houses military and habitats fortune. The kasbah is originally a military structure and arranged to essentially be an impregnable fortress.
It
is, moreover, the quality of the Kasbah , Rabat had the privilege of
becoming an imperial capital by the grace of Sultan Mohammed Ben
Abdellah (1757-1790) , who tired of revolts population of Fez and
Marrakech made his ultimate refuge.
It is to preserve the character of that stronghold medina and Kasbah Oudayas were never collected and retained their own characteristics.
When
penetrates into the Oudaïas pregnant by the imposing and magnificent
Bab -Al- Bab El Kebir or Oudaïas , we immediately notice the Andalusian
influences . Everything here reminds Spain , walls uniformly covered with lime,
blue everywhere , the cobbled streets, the massive doors to colored
moldings, wrought iron ...
In summer, the narrow streets are delightfully fresh and clean. The inhabitants of Udayas have preserved this site. The houses are well maintained and beautifully decorated with flowers. The Municipality of Rabat including any party that could draw for
tourism of this exceptional site and ensures that the speaker is
preserved.
It is to preserve the character of that stronghold medina and Kasbah Oudayas were never collected and retained their own characteristics.
Here , unlike the medina located a few hundred meters below , everything is hushed . The people slip quietly in the shadows of alleys. Hardly do we hear in the day the muezzin from the minaret of the mosque - Jamaa Al- Atiq , oldest religious building in Rabat.
If you are in Rabat , do not forget Udayas and through the street Bazzo to go to the inevitable coffee Moor, where you have a beautiful view on Salé and Bouregreg , stop for a moment ... to enjoy the silence of the place.
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