Bab Boujloud, Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Morocco
Bab Boujloud or Blue Gate, a huge gateway to the medina of Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The gate was built by the French in 1913 next to the 12th century original in Mauresque Andalusian style, with horseshoe arches decorated with Fassi blue tiles on the outside and green tiles on the inside, in patterns of stars and swirls. Through the arch are the minarets of the 20th-century Sidi Lazzaz mosque (right) and the restored 14th-century Bouinania Madrasa (left). The medina of Fes was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13431428
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45109019
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
