Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Taroudannt (Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵔⵓⴷⴰⵏⵜ, Arabic: تارودانت) is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley in the southern part of the country. It is situated east of Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and the Sahara desert and south of Marrakech. It is called the \"Grandmother of Marrakech\" because it looks like a smaller Marrakech with its surrounding ramparts. In the sixteenth century the Saadians briefly used Taroudannt as a capital, before they moved onwards to Marrakech. Today it has the feel of a small fortified market town on a caravan route.The city is known for its local crafts, including jewellery and carpets.Unlike Marrakech, almost the entire city of Taroudannt is located inside its walls. A new part of the city is being developed outside the city walls around the campus of a faculty of the Ibn Zohr University of Agadir."@en }
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- Taroudant abstract "Taroudannt (Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵔⵓⴷⴰⵏⵜ, Arabic: تارودانت) is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley in the southern part of the country. It is situated east of Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and the Sahara desert and south of Marrakech. It is called the \"Grandmother of Marrakech\" because it looks like a smaller Marrakech with its surrounding ramparts. In the sixteenth century the Saadians briefly used Taroudannt as a capital, before they moved onwards to Marrakech. Today it has the feel of a small fortified market town on a caravan route.The city is known for its local crafts, including jewellery and carpets.Unlike Marrakech, almost the entire city of Taroudannt is located inside its walls. A new part of the city is being developed outside the city walls around the campus of a faculty of the Ibn Zohr University of Agadir.".