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    October 15, 2023

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    The Bab Agnaou is the most important historical gate in Marrakesh and an important example of Moorish architecture. The name probably means something like the “black gate” or “gate of the blacks”.
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    May 16, 2025

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    Bab Agnāou (Arabic: باب اكناو), is one of the nineteen gates of the medina (old city) of Marrakesh, Morocco. It was built in the 12th century by the Almohad dynasty.

    While Bab al-Rubʿ was the official entrance to the city, Bab Agnaou gives access to the qasbah, the royal citadel, in the southern part of the medina of Marrakesh. The qasbah, built by the Almohad caliph Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, is the site of the al-Mansuriya Mosque, the El Badi Palace (the palace of the Saadian dynasty), and the Saadian Tombs.
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