The creation of the gardens of the Medina in Marrakesh dates back to the 12th century, during the reign of the Almohad dynasty, at the request of King Abdelmoumen Almohade to serve as a training ground for soldiers to bathe and create a place conducive to life residents as orchards for agriculture.

Al-Menara Park is one of the oldest gardens in Western Islamic and its first historians date back to the reign of Almohad sultan Abdelmoumen Ben Ali. The pawn indicates that the founder of the Almohad state, on his return from Sale in 1157, had planted the lake of Marrakech, a large orchard surrounded by a fence and equipped with a huge reservoir to store large quantities of water For its part, the author of foresight indicates that Abdelmoumen, west of the city, towards Nafis, has planted a garden in front of his palace, this which suggests that it is a garden of Menara and its large cistern.