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Ali ben Youssef medersa

Also known as Ben Youssef Medrassa or Bin Yousuf (Yusuf) Madrassa, the Ali ben Youssef medersa was a Koranic school named after the Almoravid sultan Ali ibn Yusuf. The school was founded during the Merinid period in the 14th century by the Merinid sultan Abu al-Hassan. It is the largest medersa in the whole fo Morocco and underwent a restoration in the late 1970s. This medersa is beautiful and has some stunning examples of stucco decorations.


01 Inner courtyard	02 Main entrance with decorations	03 Main gate with wood carvings and stone decorations	04 Stone decorations	05 Carved cedar wood roof


06 Carved cedar wood roof	07 Inside the mosque	08 Islamic patterns	09 Islamic patterns


10 Stone decorations and Arabic characters	11 Inner courtyard and windows	12 Inner courtyard with colonnade and windows	13 Window with stone decorations	14 Stone decorations

15 View from student cell window

Other Marrakech galleries: Djemaa el Fna ▪ Kasbah and Mellah ▪ Koutoubia mosque ▪ Marrakech museum ▪ Palais de la Bahia ▪ The Souks

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