The Taroudant medina wall is the oldest in Morocco. It’s also considered the third most well preserved city wall in the world. This may be explain why CNN recently named Taroudant one of the “10 Best Medieval Walled Cities.”
The current configuration of the wall was built in the 16th century by the Saadian Dynasty. It was built for the purpose of launching attacks against Spain and Portugal, which had taken much of the Atlantic coastal region. The wall stands eight to 10 meters high and is 1.5 to 4 meters thick, depending on the portion of the wal. The wall is eight kilometers long and contains over 100 crenels along the top.
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