Borj Sud:
Borj Sud « the Southern tower » was built by the Saadian Sultan Ahmed Al Mansour Addahbi (the golden) in a period of time ranging between 1587 and 1609 by Portuguese prisoners in order to improve the defense of the Medina and to intimidate the Fassis too.
It is located face in face with the northern tower, the two towers are linked with an underground tunnel used by soldiers and guards to cross quickly and freely the Old Medina with their horses, but nowadays this tunnel is closed.
The tower offers a panoramic view over the Old Medina and its environs, and that is why it hosted the sound and light of Fez show, and in the near future, the tower is going to be changed into a museum of the Moroccan military architecture.
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