Tiznit

29.693888888889 - 9.7175Koordinaten: 29 ° 42 'N, 9 ° 43 ' W

Tiznit (Arabic تيزنيت, Tiznit DMG ) is a city in the south of Morocco in the Souss -Massa- Daraâ and is the administrative seat of the homonymous province. The city has about 55,000 inhabitants ( 2005). It is located about 90 kilometers south of Agadir between the foothills of the Anti-Atlas and the Atlantic Ocean.

History

Tiznit was a bastion against the Berbers, and was founded in 1882 by the Sultan Moulay al -Hassan Alawite I..

During the period when Morocco was French protectorate, the Berber directed their activities against the French and took the city in 1912 for their purposes.

Cityscape

The city has a 1882 built six kilometers long city wall with 36 towers and eight gates. There is a small Tiznit Medina, number of trading venues and the main square Place du Méchouar.

The Grande Mosquée (Grand Mosque) was built in the early 20th century.

Trade / Craft

Tiznit has developed into a center of arts and crafts of the silver smithy. Here is - how else to only Malta - practiced the art of filigree work, are processed at the finest silver wires over the stopover small ornaments among other things, earrings, bracelets and necklaces. But Berber jewelry with glass beads essays and enamel inlays produced here.

Transport links

Buses from Tiznit to Tafraoute, Agadir and Marrakech.

Twinning

With Saint- Denis, Ile- de -France ( France) Tiznit is twinned closed.