The Mouassine Fountain is distinguished by its three arched bays carved from dark cedar wood and delicate stucco, set deep into the wall of the mosque complex. Commissioned by the Saadian Sultan Moulay Abdallah al-Ghalib in the sixteenth…
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
The Hammam Mouassine features a massive, ornately carved cedar wood portal, arched and covered in intricate geometric patterns that distinguish it from the plain clay walls surrounding it. Built in the middle of the sixteenth century under…
3. Le Jardin Secret
Le Jardin Secret features two distinct, walled garden squares filled with water channels and geometric planting beds that break up the dense sprawl of the Marrakech Medina. This complex sits on the footprint of a sixteenth-century Saadian…
4. Shrob ou shouf fountain
The Shrob ou Shouf fountain features an intricately carved wooden canopy that hangs low over a marble basin. Built in the late sixteenth century during the reign of the Saadi Sultan Ahmed el-Mansour, it provided water for travelers and…
5. Almoravid Koubba
The Almoravid Koubba is a small, domed stone building tucked into a corner of the Ben Youssef Mosque complex. It is the only surviving structure from the Almoravid dynasty in Marrakesh. Builders completed it around eleven hundred and…
6. Madrasa Ben Youssef
The Ben Youssef Madrasa features a central courtyard paved in white marble, enclosed by walls covered in intricate, honeycomb-like wood carvings and colorful geometric tilework. Founded in the fourteenth century, this school once housed…