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The Tanneries
On the streets around the tanneries north of the medina, the late summer smell is specific and entirely unchanged — because nothing has improved on the method.
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The Smell of the City Working
On the streets around the tanneries north of the medina, the late summer smell is specific: hot leather, natural dyes, the mineral sharpness of the pigeon dung used in the softening process — a preparation method unchanged because nothing has improved on it. It is the smell of the city at work, in the way it has always worked.
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Last modified: Wed, Sep 2, '26
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