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The design of this stunning oak frame home was carefully thought through to ensure it would stand the test of time

unherd.com The 17th-century Moroccan sultan Moulay Ismail dedicated his reign to the construction of a palace complex so vast – initially meant to stretch over 300 miles – that it became known simply

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