Archive for October, 2014

Morocco’s Great Spice Trade, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel

The great sea voyages of the Portuguese explorers Ferdinand Magellan, who served for a while in Morocco, Vasco de Gama and the Spanish captain Christopher Columbus expanded trade routes around the world and especially the spice trade and the security of these routes was crucial. Morocco was on the route between Europe, the…

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Mohammed VI Museum in Rabat, The First Contemporary Art Museum in Morocco

Morocco Travel

King Mohammed VI of Morocco inaugurated the first Moroccan National Museum of art on October 14th, 2014 in Rabat. Mohammed VI Musée National d’Art Moderne et Contemporaine is the first major museum to be built in Morocco since it gained independence from France over 50 years ago. A visit to…

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