El Mechouar Palace

Mechouar Palace or the Zianide Royal Palace is a historical palace in the city of Tlemcen, Algeria. The palace is situated inside the center of the metropolis, and previously constituted part of the extra Mechouar Castle which no longer exists except for the palace and the outer wall. The adjacent mosque, Mechouar Mosque, now not exist on its original shape as properly besides for its minaret. It turned into one of the most important attractions at some point of the selection of Tlemcen because the Capital of Islamic Culture in 2011.

Mechouar Castle turned into first installed by way of Yusuf ibn Tashfin of Almoravid Empire throughout his conquest of Agadir. The palace changed into later become the official residence of Zayyanids, the kings of the Kingdom of Tlemcen by using Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan. Originally, the citadel contained four essential palaces; Dar al-Malik Dar Abu Fahr Dar al-Surur. The castle became surrounded by way of the wall accomplishing 5 meters with direction for soldiers on pinnacle. It became at the beginning made of adobe but later refurbished by using stone during the French colonial era.