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A red field with a green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star. [1] The flag of Morocco (Arabic: علم المغرب) is the flag used by the government of Morocco and has served as the national flag of Morocco since 17 November 1915. It has a red field with a green pentagram in the centre. The green star represents the five pillars of Islam ...
A medina (from Arabic: مدينة, romanized: madīnah, lit. 'city') is a historical district in a number of North African cities, often corresponding to an old walled city. The term comes from the Arabic word simply meaning "city" or "town".
Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
Fez or Fes (/ fɛz /; Arabic: فاس, romanized: fās) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 million, according to the 2014 census. [2] Located to the northwest of the Atlas Mountains, it is surrounded by hills and the old ...
Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east , and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south .
Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context. Since its foundation, it has been a major international trading seaport, linking Morocco and its Saharan hinterland with Europe and the rest of the world. [1]
Medina of Tétouan. Coordinates: 35°34′14.9″N 5°22′0.1″W. The Medina of Tetouan is a Medina quarter in Tetouan, Morocco. It was designated by the UNESCO a World Heritage Site in 1985. [ 1]
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). 1942-1944. Flag of Free France. A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with The Cross of Lorraine . Colonial Flags. 1915-1919. Merchant flag of Morocco under the French protectorate. A red field with the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star.