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Prison of Kara
The Prison of Kara, known locally as Habs Qara, is a sprawling subterranean prison built beneath the imperial city of Meknes during the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismail in the late seventeenth century. Designed by a Portuguese architect prisoner who was promised his freedom in exchange for constructing an inescapable dungeon, the vast underground labyrinth once held thousands of European captives, political prisoners, and enslaved labourers. Modern visitors and local residents describe deep feelings of disorientation, ghostly whispers echoing through dark vaulted arches, and phantom shadows lurking in sealed stone corridors that extend for miles beneath the city.