El Badi Palace

travel · 📍 Marrakech, Morocco

El Badi Palace — Attraction / activity in Marrakech, Morocco. A palace now in ruins and inhabited by storks and stray cats. There are some underground passageways to explore with exhibitions within them. Note that most explanatory text is only in Arabic and French. Newer exhibitions have text in English as well but those are still the minority. The view from the terrace is majestic. The palace was built by Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur to celebrate the Saadian victory against the Portuguese army in 1578 in the Battle of the Three Kings. Its valuable materials were looted by later sultans, some of them reused in other monuments throughout Morocco. A richly-decorated wooden minbar (preaching pulpit) from the 12th century, formerly belonging to the Koutoubia Mosque, is on display in one room with some explanations. Also hosts the Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts (abbreviated MMP+), a small museum which however showcases great pieces of visual art. Price: 70 dirham. Listed on Wikivoyage (CC-BY-SA). Source: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Marrakech

Category

travel · tours

Address

Ksibat Nhass, Marrakech, Morocco

City

Marrakech

Region/State

Africa

Country

Morocco

Website

http://www.palais-el-badi.com/