Bab Mahrouk

Bab Mahrouk
باب المحروق
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General information
Typecity gate
Architectural styleAlmohad, Moorish, Moroccan
LocationFez, Morocco
Coordinates34°03′45″N 4°59′9.8″W / 34.06250°N 4.986056°W / 34.06250; -4.986056
Completedcirca 1212

Bab Mahrouk, also spelled Bab Mahruq, (Arabic: باب المحروق ) is historically the main western city gate of Fes el Bali, the old walled city of Fes, Morocco. The gate dates from 1204 and is located on the northwestern corner of Place Bou Jeloud, near the edge of Kasbah an-Nouar. It was historically the approximate starting point of the old city's main street, Tala'a Kebira.[1]: 126 

  1. ^ Le Tourneau, Roger (1949). Fès avant le protectorat: étude économique et sociale d'une ville de l'occident musulman. Casablanca: Société Marocaine de Librairie et d'Édition.