The forest surrounding the town of Azrou is home to countless cedar trees, a large number of Barbary macaques, and one semi-abandoned monastery. The name of this monastery is White Stones, or, in the Amazigh language, Tioumliline (sometimes spelled Toumliline). The complex includes a chapel, the monks’ cells, the refectory, the school, and a few other buildings now mainly used for storage. A little further uphill, there is a tiny cemetery where five monks are buried. The history of this monastery is not particularly long, but still quite complex. It…
