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The Ben youssef Medersa
The Ben Youssef Medersa is one of the jewels of Marrakesh.
The current structure of this Koranic school was built around 1570 by the Saadians and restored in 1950.
At the time of its splendour, the Ben Youssef medersa could house up to 900 students in the 150 cells of the building. This architectural characteristic makes this holy building the biggest medersa in the whole of the Maghreb region ( area of North Africa covered by Morocco, Tunisia , Algeria and Libya.
Maghreb literaly means "where the sun sets!").
This masterpiece of holy architecture of the Marrakech Medina is surprising in some of its audacities. Thus, the architect put aside certain Arabo-Andalusian traditions, by setting the openings to certain cells on the roads of the Medina. In the cells, he also put windows that overlook one of the small courtyards structuring the building. The Ben Youssef Medersa is also fascinating by the traditional and decorative richness put into the preparation of the plaster walls and cedar decoration.
