One part of this reconstruction involved establishing the Moroccan government's seat of power in the city within a self-contained fortified district, the kasbah (much as in other traditional Moroccan cities).[1] This district had its own walls and gates, within which was a palace (the Dar al-Makhzen), a governor's residence, a treasury, a courthouse, prisons, stables, residential quarters for the military, a parade ground (méchouar or mishwar), and a mosque.[1]