Morocco's Pink City: Steeped in history | Borneo Bulletin Online
June 10, 2021 Tony and Tess Alabastro With nearly 12.3 million tourists in 2019, Morocco, a Muslim country which follows Islamic laws and customs, is Africaâs most popular destination. Home to mosques, palaces and gardens is Marrakesh, known as the Pink City in western Morocco, because its city walls and all buildings are ramparts of beaten pink clay, built by the North African Empireâs conquerors in the 12 th Century. Here, culture is like going back to the history of Ali Baba and Aladdin, donkeys, the desert, pink old buildings, hallways with the charm of architecture, said our ho...
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