Menara garden
The Menara Garden (French: Jardin de la Ménara ; Arabic حدائق المنارة, DMG ḥadāʾiq al-manāra ) is a public city park in Marrakech .
The approximately 100 hectare Menara Garden is laid out around a central water basin that is surrounded by olive tree plantations . The olive grove is irrigated by a water basin in the middle with a widely ramified canal system .
It is about three kilometers outside the city wall and is a popular destination for the locals on weekends.
The garden was laid out in 1156–1157 under the Almohad ruler Abd al-Mu'min . Since 1985 the Menara Garden has been on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, together with the old town of Marrakech and the Agdal Gardens .
Web links
Commons : Menara Garden - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- The Menara . Brief description on the UNESCO website
Individual evidence
- ^ The Gardens of Marrakech - in pictures . In: The Guardian , April 24, 2013
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Medina of Marrakesh. Accessed August 21, 2017 .
Coordinates: 31 ° 36 ′ 48 ″ N , 8 ° 1 ′ 18 ″ W.