Marrakech Travel Photo Report Day 4: Medersa Ben Youssef

September 7th, 2009

5th of august, and blessed with the weather. Luckily it was cloudy and not so hot.

The first place we visited that day was the Medersa Ben Youssef.

The Ben Youssef Madrasa was an Islamic college in Marrakech and was named after the amoravid sultan Ali ibn Yusuf (reigned 1106–1142), who expanded the city and its influence considerably. The college was founded during the period of the Marinid (14th century) by the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hassan and allied to the neighbouring Ben Yousssef Mosque. The building of the madrasa, as it is now, was (re-)constructed by the Saadian Sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574). It is the largest Medrasa in all of Morocco.  Read more.

Enjoy!

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