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Historic Martil Tower: A tourist attraction that attracts visitors to Morocco | AMARTIL
The city of Martil, overlooking the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, is usually known to Moroccan and foreign visitors as a tourist city par excellence that annually attracts thousands of tourists. However, few pay attention to the towering Martil Tower in the middle of the city, which gives the city its historical dimension that rivals the most ancient Moroccan cities.

Perhaps the most prominent monument that the city of Martil is currently proud of is its tower, which is located to the left of the mouth of its river. The date of its construction is likely to date back to the era of Sultan Moulay Ismail in the year 1132 AH, corresponding to 1720 AD, by Commander Ahmed bin Ali Al-Pasha Al-Rifi. It is a tower, although time has left its mark on it, but it is still tall and tells of important periods in the history of Morocco and the stage of jihad against the European invaders after the fall of... Andalusia, monitoring the coast of Tetouan, and acting as an early warning sign when dangers arise.

The tower's urban architecture embodies the originality of Moroccan construction, which combined what is uniquely Moroccan and delightful Andalusian. It gave the tower not only a military dimension but also an aesthetic and artistic dimension with its prominent arches, high domes, and symmetrical corridors that make the viewer attracted to the genius of the Moroccan engineer and builder.

It is the tower, which the researcher Khaled Al-Rami said in his book “Tétouan during the Eighteenth Century, History and Construction” that it is “a tall, fortified building that takes several different geometric shapes, including a square, a rectangle, a circle, or a polygon. Its construction material also varies, and is made of stone, brick, or some of these common materials.”

Khaled Al-Rami considered that the Martell Tower “is classified under the category of marine towers. It was relied upon to monitor the coasts of the city of Tetouan and provide early warning when dangers emerged from the sea side. In addition, this tower is equipped with cannons to repel attacks by enemy ships,” which makes the tower a multi-specialized military building.

The Martil Tower is one of the few towers in northern Morocco that received attention for repair and construction during two important stages of Moroccan history: the first construction period during the reign of Mawla Ismail and the period of Sultan Sidi Muhammad bin Abdullah, who ordered its construction to be renewed during his visit to the city of Tetouan in 1173 AH / 1760 AD, which reflects the importance that the Sultans of Morocco attached to this region, which aroused the ambitions of invaders coming from Europe. Then.

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