A visit to the Maze Prison, the strangest experience you can experience, is a terrifying and exciting experience. Millions of tourists from around the world come here, especially European countries close to Morocco or the Americas, to live in a huge place under the city of Meknes. Darkness without doors, located in the state of Morocco; specifically in the charming city of Meknes built by Moulay Ismail, who ruled Morocco about 400 years ago.
Meknes is located in the north of Morocco, about 140 km from Rabat. Meknes is divided into two parts: the old city and the modern city, which include many of the historical places that the tourist is looking to visit such as: Bab Mansour which is the fifth largest stone door In the world, the Suwani tank, the horseshoe link, the old fences, and the Mansour Palace.
The terrible prison
Kara is the famous prison in the city of Meknes, where many myths and stories have been developed. The Sultan Mawla Ismail built it to imprison outlaws and dissidents. He is considered the only prison in the whole world without doors, And the vast area is estimated tens of kilometers unknown because of its ramifications down the city of Meknes.
And because of the large size of the prison, consists of many hallucinations and mazes and each hall where there are several corridors and branches, and most importantly, this prison did not enter anyone and left it intact and alive, was established at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and there is specifically in the Kasbah Ismailia (Palace Al-Hakam) in the city of Meknes near the Dome of the Ambassadors.
The reason why the prison was called "Qara"
The prison was named after the name of a Portuguese prisoner, who had received the promise of his release from the Sultan Moulay Ismail in case he succeeded in building a prison that could accommodate tens of thousands of prisoners. The prisoner was able to establish what the Sultan requested, A prisoner, confirmed stories have been said to have been imprisoned more than 2 million prisoners.
Why was he nicknamed the "maze"
Because of the size of the vast prison of Kara under the city of Meknes, it has become a huge and complex labyrinth. In each prison hall there are a number of corridors, each of which leads to another hall. Thus incursions into the prison lead to the inability to escape or So get out of it.
The area of the prison is equal to the size of the entire city of Meknes. At present, large areas have been closed, especially during the French occupation, when many of the adventurers lost their lives.
The maze without doors
One of the strangest things in this prison is that it has no doors at all; despite its size, it contains only holes in the ceiling, through which prisoners are thrown, as well as through