[citation needed], The prefecture is divided administratively into the following:[24]. It does not exist in historical starts and is only formed by event. Salé is served by two principal railway stations run by the national rail service, the ONCF. Flugh.) Moroccoâs twin city blues Despite their proximity, centuries of feuding, colonial scheming and well-intentioned housing policy have created two very different urban environments. Saléâs Bab Lamrissa stands at least thirty-five feet tall. It was the first continental crown in the club's history. Thare is an American faimily, van Salee, descendit frae a Salé Rover, Jan Janszoon. [28] Much of the city used to rely upon communal standpipes, which were often shut down, depriving some neighbourhoods of safe drinking water[28] for indefinite periods of time. Cirque Shemsây sits on the edge of the cityâs slums, and hundreds of teenagers come to audition here each year, looking for a different future. The city's name is sometimes transliterated as Salli or Sallee. Salé, old walled city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, at the mouth of the Wadi Bou Regreg. Salé has also been called Salli, Salee Sallee and Sally. [16] Salé pirates (the well-known "Salé Rovers")[17] roamed the seas, and cruised the shipping routes between Atlantic colonial ports and Europe, seizing ships from the Americas and Europe for goods and captives. On Moroccoâs old pirate coast, a new generation of pirates are setting sail in one of Moroccoâs first professional circus school. The National Route 6 connects it to Fez and Meknes in the east and the N1 to Kénitra in the north-east. Salé's climate resembles the southwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the coast of SoCal. Salé has also been called Salli, Salee Sallee and Sally. Water supply and wastewater collection in Salé was[when?] The Phoenicians established a settlement called Sala, later the site of a Roman colony, Sala Colonia, on the south side of the Bou Regreg estuary. On Moroccoâs old pirate coast, in the city of Salé, a new generation of pirates are setting sail in Moroccoâs first contemporary circus school. Father Pierre Dan (born around 1580, died in 1649) was a French Trinitarian friar. Having finally won a place in Cirque Shemsây after four years, Ghizlane's family don't approve and she will have to fight to stay in the circus. Salé pirates (the well-known "Salé Rovers") roamed the seas, and cruised the shipping routes between Atlantic colonial ports and Europe, seizing ships from the Americas and Europe for ⦠Coordinates: 34°02′N 6°48′W / 34.033°N 6.800°W / 34.033; -6.800, List of twin towns and sister cities in Morocco, Le Président de la commune urbaine de Salé, "Note de présentation des premiers résultats du Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Klimatafel von Rabat-Salé (Int. Located along the Atlantic Ocean, Salé has a mild, temperate climate, shifting from cool in winter to warm days in the summer months. Outsiders. [15], In the 17th century, Salé became a haven for Barbary pirates, among them the Moriscos expelled from Spain turned corsairs, who formed an independent Republic of Salé. The activists who opposed the "Berber Decree" apparently feared that the explicit recognition of the Berber Customary Law (a very secular-minded Berber tradition) would threaten the position of Islam and its Sharia law system. He was our guide for several hours, taking us from the Grand Mosque to riad, to medersa, to city walls, to the Bab (gates), and out to the fort by the sea. The character Robinson Crusoe, in the early part of Daniel Defoe's novel by the same name, spends time in captivity of the local pirates, the Salé Rovers, and at last sails off to liberty from the mouth of the Salé river - an adventure less well remembered than the protagonist's later sojourn on the desert island. / Marokko", Basketball : L’AS Salé champion d’Afrique, Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law, Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salé&oldid=1017232291, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Articles with Arabic-language sources (ar), Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with self-published sources from February 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2014, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Vague or ambiguous time from February 2014, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2010, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2007, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 April 2021, at 16:36. The ships were the ships of the Corsairs, the Pirates of Salé, the Salé Rovers, all names for a lawless force which plundered the Mediterranean and Atlantic mercilessly in 17th century. It was directly across a small river from Rabat. It is also the capital city of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra On Moroccoâs old pirate coast, in the city of Salé, a new generation of pirates are setting sail in Moroccoâs first contemporary circus school. The republic traces its origins back to the beginning of the 17th century, with the arrival of approximately 3,000 wealthy Moriscos from Hornachos in western Spain, who anticipated the 1609 expulsion edicts ordered by Philip III of Spain. The widespread storm that was created by the "Berber Dahir" controversy created a somewhat popular Moroccan nationalist elite based in Salé and Fez; it had strong anti-Berber, anti-West, anti-secular, and pro Arab-Islamic inclinations. I wonât go too in-depth about Morocco as a whole, because thereâs almost too much to talk about, but Morocco shocked me in many ways, ⦠Jacob van Meurs. The youngest of eleven children, Abdelali and his mother hopes his circus skills will bring the family the income they desperately need. The petition and the "Latif" prayer led to the withdrawal and adjustment of the so-called "Berber Decree" of May 1930. Even the Sultan of Morocco, after an unsuccessful siege o⦠The port has been active since the 17th and 18th centuries when pirates made both sides of the Bouregreg River their hub. They set up a government that consisted of 14 pirate leaders, and elected Janszoon as their President. A A contemporary source said of him: He fought the Spanish Empire alongside his Dutch troops and, after his arrest in 1681 near the Canary Islands, joined the Ottoman pirate ships In the 17th century, Salé became a haven for the Barbary pirates, among them Moriscos turned corsair, who even formed a Republic of Salé. The winter highs typically reach only 17.2 °C (63.0 °F) in December–February. Summer nights are usually pleasant and cool, ranging between 11 °C (51.8 °F) and 19 °C (66.2 °F) and rarely exceeding 20 °C (68.0 °F). As Cirque Shemsây works to create a truly Moroccan circus experience, can these young Moroccans make art which provokes debate and creates change? The reading of the "Latif" (a politically charged prayer to God, read in mosques in loud unison) was launched in Salé and became popular in some cities of Morocco. Quart finale du coupe du trône du Maroc entre As.Salé et MC.Oujda (les deux equipes sont en 2éme serie marocaine) .. Dapper, Olfert. [13][14] After the victory of the Marinid dynasty, the historic Bab el-Mrissa was constructed by the Sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq which remains as a landmark of the city. His methods are unorthodox, the outcomes fiery, but his ambition is unstoppable. Pirates of Salé follows the young performers from audition to the city wide show, 'Pirates', when the eyes of the nation will be on them. Hundreds of teenagers come to audition here each year, looking for a new future. Salé features a Mediterranean climate (Csa) with warm to hot dry summers and mild damp winters. [9] The present-day Great Mosque of Salé was built during the 12th-century reign of the Almohad sultan Abu Yaqub Yusuf,[10] although not completed until 1196. In 1627 cities formed a republic under control of pirates. Cube: Pirates of Salé On Moroccoâs old pirate coast, a new generation of pirates are setting sail in one of Moroccoâs first professional circus school.