{"id":1050,"date":"2017-02-02T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2017-02-02T23:39:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:39:32","slug":"basically-morocco-is-pretty-much-the-capital-of-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Basically, Morocco is pretty much the capital of capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For example, Mekn\u00e8s is the original 17th century capital of the current Alawite dynasty, and also the Moroccan capital of agriculture and wine making (really).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1053\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1053\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2065-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1053\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2065-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2065-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2065-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2065-1-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Stable for 12,000 horses. Glad I don&#8217;t have to clean it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1054\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1054\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2080-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1054\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2080-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2080-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2080-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2080-1-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fes started at the 8th century capital of the Idrisids.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1057\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2089-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1057\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2089-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2089-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2089-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2089-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a medina settled by Andalusians and another settled by Tunisians. When the Almoravids came back to Fes, they joined them into one medina. Fes became a capital again in the 13th century.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1056\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1056\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2099-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1056\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2099-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2099-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2099-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2099-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fes is noted for its tanneries. They&#8217;re stinky, but the leather work is good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1055\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2114-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1055\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2114-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2114-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2114-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2114-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Casablanca is the plain old capital. Also, it is home to the 3rd largest mosque in the world.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1058\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1058\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2171-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1058\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2171-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2171-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2171-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2171-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For example, Mekn\u00e8s is the original 17th century capital of the current Alawite dynasty, and also the Moroccan capital of agriculture and wine making (really).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72,1],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain-and-morocco-by-rail-tour","category-uncategorized","tag-morocco"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p379CA-gW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059,"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}