Kasbah Boulaouane () is a kasbah in the town of

Boulaouane Boulaouane is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The town is near the Oum Er-Rbia River and the fortress (Boulanouane Kasbah) overlooks that river.

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had provided a detailed description for the kasbah.

History

Kasbah Boulaouane was commissioned around 1710. It is considered among tens of other kasbahs built during the era of the Alaouite

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Ismail Ibn Sharif as a local center for administration. The kasbah is placed on the strategic location which overlooks the river, and reachable through the strategic corridor known as Al-Kurrasa. The building is modeled after the similar fortification built during the Byzantine-era. There had been a long tradition among the Maghrebi dynasties such Almoravid, Almohad, Marinid and Saadi to construct kasbahs as fortifications, and this is considered another addition by the Alaouite Sultan.قصبة بولعوان الإسماعيلية .. مَعْلمة تاريخية تحتضر في صمت
''Hepress''. Retrieved January 26, 2018. The kasbah was abandoned later, and covered by the sand. The accumulation of sand reached the same height as the kasbah wall, and it took intensive removal of the sand to restore some of the facilities such as mosque inside the kasbah. The restoration has been conducted along with the overhauling of the surrounding area into a tourist spot, by arranging the infrastructure.

References

18th-century establishments in Morocco Kasbahs in Morocco {{Morocco-stub