Gate sights in Fès
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Bab Guissa
This gate was built in the 12th century. A bird market is held here on Friday mornings, outside the walls. Just inside the gate is a square with a large fountain, the Bab Guissa mosque and the medersa which is still in use today. The air is scented with cedarwood from the large number of carpentry workshops in the area.
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Bab Fettouh
After the death of Prince Ibn Ateya Senhai in the 11th century, his two sons divided responsibility for ruling the city. Fettouh, the eldest, who ruled the Al-Andalous quarter, erected this handsome gate and named it after himself. It was rebuilt by the Alawites in the 18th century. Opposite the gate is the Bab Fettouh Cemetery
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Bab Semmarine
This 13th-century gateway was originally called Uyune Sanhaja (the Springs of Sanhaja) in honour of an important Moroccan Berber tribe. Built to house the storage silos of the Merenid city, it was modified in the 20th century to facilitate traffic and people movement. On its eastern side is one of the city's main produce souks.
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Bab Bou Jeloud
Everyone comes through this main gate at some point during their stay as it leads to a clutch of restaurants and the main shopping streets. Decorated with blue zellij on the outside and green on the inside, it's relatively young - only 200 years old. The Tourist Police Brigade has its headquarters here.
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Attarine Gates
There are massive wooden gates at the bottom of Talaa Kebira opposite the entrance to the Attarine Medersa. There used to be gates within the medina closing off every neighbourhood; these are the only intact ones left that are still closed at night, at around 22:30.
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