The Mouassine Fountain is a wide, rectangular structure spanning over eighteen meters, identifiable by its row of three arched bays sheltered beneath a green-tiled roof and carved cedar wood lintels. Built between fifteen sixty-two and…
Water and Medina Life
This walk follows the historic water networks of the Marrakech Medina, connecting ancient public fountains, neighborhood hammams, and garden pools to show how communities shared water.
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1. Fuente de Mouassine
2. Hammam Mouassine
Hammam Mouassine is identified by an unassuming, humble doorway that offers little hint of the sixteen-century architecture found within. Built between fifteen sixty-two and fifteen sixty-three under the orders of the Saadian Sultan…
3. Le Jardin Secret
Le Jardin Secret is a complex of two courtyard gardens hidden behind high red walls in the Mouassine district of the Marrakech medina. Its most distinct feature is a tall, slender tower that rises above the surrounding rooftops, providing…
4. Shrob ou shouf fountain
The Shrob ou Shouf Fountain is a historic wall fountain in the medina of Marrakesh, recognizable by its deep, open alcove and a wide canopy of carved cedar that projects over the street. Built during the Saadian dynasty, likely under the…
5. Almoravid Koubba
The Almoravid Koubba is a small, domed stone structure that sits well below the current street level of the city. Built around eleven seventeen by the Almoravid sultan Ali ibn Yusuf, it once served as an ablution pavilion where worshippers…
6. Madrasa Ben Youssef
The Madrasa Ben Youssef is the largest Islamic college ever constructed in the Maghreb. You can distinguish the site by its central courtyard, a space framed by a reflecting pool and walls densely covered in geometric zellige tilework,…