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Agdz |
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Agdz is a military town that once had a
sizeable Jewish population. It is the starting point for a visit
to the fortified villages (casbahs) heading southward.
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El Hara (Tamnougalt) |
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El Hara mellah |
Three kilometers south of Agdz
begins the tourist route of Mezguita containing dozens of casbahs.
The first casbah on the dirt road is El Hara, the Jewish quarter
of Tamnougalt. Towering above it is the casbah of Caid Ali,
a despotic ruler during the times of the French. This large Jewish
community engaged in agriculture as well as the traditional Jewish
occupations of metalwork and commerce. Much of the mellah
is deserted. It includes the remains of a synagogue.
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Timesla |
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Timesla mellah |
Timesla is a casbah where several dozen Jewish families lived among the black Haratin population. A small bridge leads to the village about 15 kilometers south of the road to Errachidia. The small synagogue is in disrepair. |
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