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Badi Palace, located in Marrakech was built in the late sixteenth century by Sultan Ahmed Mansur al-Saadi Saadian to celebrate the victory over the Portuguese army in 1578 in the battle known as the "Battle of the Three Kings." The construction of this sumptuous palace lasted from 1578 to 1603. The richest materials were used to decorate parts of the complex of 360 princely.

Today, there is a large forecourt sculpture garden, planted with orange trees and surrounded by high walls. In fact, in 1696, the Alawite Sultan Moulay Ismail was taken richer in this palace to build the imperial city of Meknes.
The design of this jewel of Islamic art was influenced by the Alhambra in Granada.

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