The fortress has long since ceased to have any military significance. Now it acts only as a market place for the local people.
Note the red sand in this desert scene, indicating a close proximity to the sunset city of Marrakesh.
Whilst amid all things African and Arabian, Phespirit's travelling companion in Morocco was Diane Voss - Australian.
Here Diane poses in the quiet splendour of Marrakesh's imperial Saadian tombs.
When compiling a 20th Century list of the Seven Wonders of the World, immediately pen-in Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque.
The other six? Who cares.
An awesome thing.
