BAB MANSOUR LAALEJ
Considered one of the most beautiful gates in the world, located in front of El Hédim Square. Bab Mansour was built by Sultan Moulay Ismaïl and completed by his son Moulay Abdellah (1732). According to legend, this door is the work of a Christian convert to Islam, and whose name it bears “the Victorious Renegade”, known as Mansour Laalej. Bab Mansour has an 8 m high opening in the form of a broken arch. The latter is decorated with excised ceramic foliage and is framed by a wide band consisting of a raised trellis on a polychrome mosaic background, the dominant color of which is green. It is supported by massive columns of white marble surmounted by antique-style capitals. Get closer to admire the finesse and complexity of the ornamentation.
