Bab Bou Jloud
About the place
- Country : Morocco , Fes
- Address : Fes, Morocco
- Category : Urban Facilities
Bab Bou Jloud
Overview:
This gate is considered the most famous in the city of Fez. It is located in the northwest of Fez, next to Al-Basha Al-Baghdadi Square, and is considered by many to be the main entrance to the city of Fez.
It is called "Bab Bu Gund", "Bab Abi Al-Jund", or "Bab Bou Jloud", it is not known exactly what the correct name is.
This gate is important in the activity of the city, as it enters at the axis of Bab Mahrouq-Bou Jloud-Center, and is directly connected to the two main commercial streets (Al-Tala’a al-Kabira and al-Tala’a al-Saghira), and it is considered one of the three gates through which the Fez trade passes, namely (Bab Guissa, Bab Fattouh and Bab Bou Jloud).
Socially, "Bab Bou Jloud" is located in a popular neighborhood where there are many vets, hotels, simple restaurants and cafes.
Bab Abi El Guind in Fez is characterized by being the closest gates of the old wall to the new city of Fez, and its proximity to prominent historical monuments such as the Karaouiyn Mosque, the Bou Inania Madrasa and other distinctive tourist places in Fez.
Historic overview:
Historians indicate that the date of the completion of its construction was the year 859 AD, but its current form is due to the restorations that affected it in the early 20th century by the municipality of Fez in 1913 AD. 1915 AD.
One of the secrets of its decoration is that the color of the outer mosaic is blue, while the color of the inner mosaic is green, and near it there is the Kasbah of the Valley, which is the current Kasbah of Bou Jloud. It was originally a camp with a Berber name (Trkrarat) owned by the Almoravid state, then it was rebuilt by the Almohad caliphs after them, so the Kasbah became the residence of their governors and their administration.
In the era of the Marinid state, the Kasbah remained of great importance, and their first kings settled there, then moved from it after the founding of the new city of Fez, where their palaces and the homes of their notables were built, and they kept visiting it from time to time to reside there.
Resources:
saaih website
tripadvisor website
batuta website
hespress website
fes-ency website
omallqura website
