Dar Dbibegh () (also spelled Dar Dbibagh or Dar Debibagh) was a historic
kasbah
A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress, , Maghrebi Arabic: ), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city. It is also equivalent to the term ''alca ...
or fortified palace located in the countryside near
Fez
Fez most often refers to:
* Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire
* Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco
Fez or FEZ may also refer to:
Media
* ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. It was built in 1729 by the
'Alawi sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
Mawlay Abdallah, who ruled Morocco intermittently between 1729 and 1757. Located in the plains a few kilometers south of the old city, it consisted of a walled enclosure which contained a large country house, gardens, and a small mosque.
The palace was also used initially by the troops of
French Colonel
Charles Émile Moinier when he arrived in Fez in 1911, ahead of the establishment of the
French protectorate in Morocco
The French protectorate in Morocco (french: Protectorat français au Maroc; ar, الحماية الفرنسية في المغرب), also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco between 1912 to 1956. The prote ...
, and remained a military post after 1912.
Today its location is occupied by the modern ''Ville Nouvelle'' ("New City") of Fez, which is also called ''Dar Dbibegh'' by Moroccans as a result.
References
External links
Qasbah Dar Debibaghat Archnet (includes historic photographs of the kasbah)
{{coord missing, Morocco
Kasbahs in Morocco
Palaces in Fez, Morocco