Bab Doukkala Mosque
16th-century Mosque - جامع باب دكالة
The sixteenth-century Bab Doukkala Mosque, on the main route through the Medina from the Jemaa el Fna to the bus station, is mainly of interest for its old public fountain.
The mosque was commissioned in 1558 by Lalla Masuda, wife of the first Saadian sultan Mohammed el-Sheikh, who's buried with her husband in the Saadian Tombs. Like many large communal mosques, this one was part of a whole complex, with a medersa (Koranic school), hammam (bathhouse) and public fountain.
The interior of the mosque (open to Muslims only) isn't tremendously exciting. The best stucco-work is around the mihrab. The painted brick minaret is also pretty nondescript by Marrakesh standards.
Text © Daniel Jacobs
Images by Dani8el Jacobs, Daniel Jacobs, Niels Broekzitter, Wrote