Tala'a Kebira
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Tala'a Kebira is one of the longest and most important streets in Fes el-Bali, the old city of Fes, Morocco. The street runs roughly east to west, starting near the Bab Bou Jeloud and Bab Mahrouk gate
Scene along Tala'a Kebira. The street has shops along most of its length.
The beginning of Tala'a Kebira. On the left is a tower belonging to the Kasbah an-Nouar.
View of Tala'a Kebira near Bab Bou Jeloud, from above the street roofing. The visible minarets are those of the Bou Inania Madrasa (left) and the Sidi Lazzaz Mosque (right).
The western entrance to Souq al-Attarine (the Spice Market) on Tala'a Kebira.
Bab Bou Jeloud
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Bab Bou Jeloud is an ornate city gate in Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. The current gate was built by the French colonial administration in 1913 to serve as the grand entrance to the old c
Tala'a Kebira
…the longest and most important streets in Fes el-Bali, the old city (medina) of Fes, Morocco. The street runs roughly east to west, starting near the Bab Bou Jeloud and Bab Mahrouk gates in the west and ending at the al-Attarine Madrasa in the east, near the Qarawiyyin Mosque. It constitutes one of the main souq…
Outer (western) façade of the gate
The original Bab Bou Jeloud, a more modest structure with a bent entrance, still extant next to the monumental gate of 1913
The inner (eastern) side of the gate