Sahrij Swani basin

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Sahrij Swani basin is a historic man-made water reservoir in Meknes, Morocco, traditionally used to supply and cool the nearby royal granaries and palace complex.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sahrij Swani basin canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural heritage site ⓘ
historic water reservoir ⓘ
man-made lake ⓘ
associatedWith Sultan Moulay Isma'il ⓘ
builtFor Alaouite sultan ⓘ
royal complex of Meknes ⓘ
cityFunction part of imperial capital infrastructure ⓘ
climateFunction microclimate cooling ⓘ
connectedTo historic hydraulic system of Meknes ⓘ
royal stables and granaries complex ⓘ
underground water channels ⓘ
constructionType man-made basin ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
culturalSignificance example of traditional Moroccan hydraulic engineering ⓘ
symbol of Meknes imperial past ⓘ
currentUse public leisure space ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
era Alaouite period ⓘ
linked to: Alaouite dynasty
hasFeature adjacent gardens ⓘ
massive retaining walls ⓘ
views of Meknes city walls ⓘ
walkways along the edge ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage (as part of Historic City of Meknes) ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site of Meknes ⓘ
locatedIn Fès-Meknès region ⓘ
Historic City of Meknes UNESCO site ⓘ
Meknes ⓘ
Meknes medina ⓘ
linked to: Meknes
locatedNear Heri es-Souani ⓘ
Royal granaries of Meknes ⓘ
Royal palace complex of Meknes ⓘ
material masonry ⓘ
plaster ⓘ
stone ⓘ
partOf historic complex of Heri es-Souani ⓘ
imperial city of Meknes ⓘ
shape rectangular ⓘ
tourismImportance major sightseeing spot in Meknes ⓘ
usedFor cooling royal granaries ⓘ
irrigation of nearby gardens ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
supplying water to palace complex ⓘ
supplying water to royal granaries ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heri es-Souani → locatedNear → Sahrij Swani basin ⓘ
Historic City of Meknes → hasPart → Sahrij Swani basin ⓘ