Ngaphandle kwemifino yayo ehamba phambili kanye nokudla okunamanzi okuseMoroccan, iMarrakesh yaziwa ngezakhiwo zayo zomlando. Nakuba kungenakudala kulezi ziqephu zomlando, i-El Bahia Palace ayiyona into enhle kunazo zonke. Ngokufanele, igama layo lesi-Arabhu lihunyushwe ngokuthi "ukukhanya". Kutholakala emalini eduze neMellah, noma iQuarter lamaJuda, linikeza isibonelo esihle kakhulu sokwakha izakhiwo zase-Alaouite.
Umlando weNdlu
I-El Bahia Palace yikhiqiza iminyaka eminingi yokwakhiwa phakathi nengxenye yesithathu yekhulu le-19. Izakhiwo zalo zokuqala zanikezwa uSi Moussa, owayekhonza njengoGrisi Vizier kaSultan Moulay Hassan phakathi kuka-1859 no-1873. Uma uMoussa engumuntu ophawulekayo, ekhuphukela endaweni yakhe ephakeme kusukela ekuqaleni kokuthobeka njengesigqila. Indodana yakhe, uBou Ahmed, ilandele izinyathelo zakhe, ekhonza njenge-chamberlain kuMoulay Hassan.
Ngesikhathi uHassan efa ngo-1894, uBou Ahmed wabamba iqhaza lokudutshulwa kwamadodana amadala kaHassan ngenxa yendodana yakhe encane, uMoulay Abd el-Aziz. I-sultan encane yayineminyaka engu-14 kuphela ngaleso sikhathi, kanti uBou Ahmed waziqhenya njengoGrisi Vizier no-regent wakhe. Waba umbusi waseMorocco waze wabulawa ngo-1900. Wachitha iminyaka eyisithupha ehhovisi ekwandiseni isigodlo sikayise sokuqala, ekugcineni eguqula i-El Bahia ibe yindawo yokuhlala ekhangayo kakhulu ezweni.
U-Bou Ahmed wasebenzisa izisebenzi ezivela eNorth Afrika nase-Andalusia ukusiza ekudalweni kuka-El Bahia. Ngesikhathi sokufa kwakhe, isigodlo sineamakamelo angu-150 - kubandakanya izindawo zokuhlala, izindawo zokulala nezinkundla. Konke okukhulunywe ngakho, indawo eyinkimbinkimbi egcwele amahektha ayisishiyagalombili omhlaba. Kwakuyimpumelelo yobuciko nobuciko, ngezibonelo ezinhle ze-stucco eqoshiwe, i-painted zouak noma ukufakwa kwezingodo kanye ne- zellij mosaics.
Ngaphezu kukaBou Ahmed nabafazi bakhe abane, isigodlo sase-El Bahia sanikeza nezindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Grand Vizier izinduna ezisemthethweni. Amahemuhemu anikezwa ukuthi amakamelo anikezwe ngokuvumelana nesimo sezintombi nobuhle, okubukhulu kakhulu futhi obuhlotshisiwe kakhulu obugcinwe izintandokazi zikaBou Ahmed. Ngemva kokufa kwakhe, isigodlo sasiqothulwa futhi eziningi zezinto eziyigugu zazisuswa.
Isigodlo Namuhla
Ngenhlanhla izivakashi zanamuhla, u-El Bahia kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uye wavuselelwa. Ubuhle bayo bunjalo ukuthi bakhethwa njengendawo yokuhlala yeFrance Resident General ngesikhathi seFrance Protectorate, esukela ngo-1912 kuya ku-1955. Namuhla, isasetshenziselwa umndeni wasebukhosini waseMorocco ukuvakasha izivakashi. Uma ingasetshenziswa, izingxenye zesigodlo zivulekile emphakathini. Ukuvakasha okuqondiswayo kunikelwa, okwenza lokhu kube yizivakashi ezihamba phambili zezokuvakasha zikaMarrakesh.
Ukuhlelwa kweNdlu
Ngesikhathi sokungena, igceke le-arcade liholela izivakashi ukuya e-Small Riad, ingadi enhle ehlanganiswe nama-salons amathathu. Ngamunye walawa makamelo aziqhenya ngezingodo ezinhle ezenziwe ngopende kanye nomsebenzi oqoshiwe we-stucco. Omunye wabo uphuma egcekeni elikhulu, elimbozwe ngeMarrara emhlophe yemabula. Nakuba i-marble evela e-Italy, yalethwa e-El Bahia evela eMexico (enye emadolobheni aseMorocco).
Ngokuthakazelisayo, kucatshangwa ukuthi le marble efanayo yahlobisa i- El Badi , isigodlo esiseduze esiseduze ne-El Bahia eMarrakesh. I-marble yahlulwa esigodlweni kanye nezinye izinto zayo eziyigugu nguSultan Moulay Ismail, owazisetshenziselwa ukuhlobisa indlu yakhe eMexico. Igceke lihlukaniswe ngama-quadrants ngezindlela ezivezwe nge-mosaic zellij eziyinkimbinkimbi. Phakathi nendawo kukhona umthombo omkhulu. Izindwangu ezungezile zenziwe ngombala oqoshiwe obunombala ophuzi nohlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwegceke elikhulu iGrand Riad, ingxenye yesihlalo sasekuqaleni sikaSi Moussa. Izingadi lapha ziyi-oasis enembile yama-orange, amabhanana nama-jasmine izihlahla ezizungezile, futhi amakamelo azungezile acebile nge-mosaic emihle ye- zellij nemidwebo yemisedari eqoshiwe. Leli gceke lixhuma ezindaweni zokuhlala, nasezindlini zangasese zabesifazane bakaBou Ahmed.
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Ulwazi oluwusizo
I-El Bahia Palace itholakala e-Riad Zitoun el Jdid. Ukuhamba ngomzuzu wamaminithi angu-15 eningizimu ye Djemma el-Fna, indawo emakethe edume kakhulu enkabeni yeM medrandes. Ivulekile nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-8: 00 ekuseni kuya ku-5: 00 ntambama, ngaphandle kwamaholide angokwenkolo. Ukungenayo kubiza i-dirham engu-10, futhi kuyisiko ukuthambisa umhlahlandlela wakho uma kufanele ukhethe ukusebenzisa eyodwa. Ngemuva kokuvakasha kwakho, uthathe uhambo oluthatha amaminithi angu-10 ukuya e-El Badi Palace eliseduze, ukuze ubone ama-ruins ekhulu le-16 lapho kungenzeka khona iMarbri e-El Bahia's Carrara.