| Bab Agnaou | |
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باب اكناو | |
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| Alternative names | Bab al Kohl, Bab al Qasr |
| General information | |
| Type | City Gate |
| Architectural style | Almohad, Moroccan |
| Location | Rue Moulay Ismail, Marrakesh |
| Coordinates | 31°37′03″N 7°59′27″W / 31.6175°N 7.9907°W |
| Completed | 1188–1190 |
| Technical details | |
| Material | sandstone, brick |
Bab Agnaou (Arabic: باب اكناو or باب اڭناو), also transliterated as Bab Agnaw,[1] is one of the best-known gates of Marrakesh, Morocco. Its construction is attributed to the Almohad caliph Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur[2] and was completed around 1188[3] or 1190.[4]
The gate was the main public entrance to the royal kasbah (citadel) in the southern part of the medina of Marrakesh.[5] The Kasbah, built by Yaqub al-Mansur, is the site of the nearby El Mansouria Mosque (or Kasbah Mosque) and the Saadian Tombs behind it, as well as the El Badi Palace and the main Royal Palace (Dar al-Makhzen) of the city.[2]
- ^ "Bab Agnaw". Archnet. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ a b Deverdun, Gaston (1959). Marrakech: Des origines à 1912. Rabat: Éditions Techniques Nord-Africaines.
- ^ Bennison, Amira K. (2016). The Almoravid and Almohad Empires. Edinburgh University Press. p. 324.
- ^ Salmon, Xavier (2018). Maroc Almoravide et Almohade: Architecture et décors au temps des conquérants, 1055-1269. Paris: LienArt.
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