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This palace was built for Sultan Ahmed Al-Mansour in 1603. The name - roughly translated - means "the incomparable". The palace is now in ruins due to the fact that the later Sultan Moulay Ismail preferred Meknes as his favourite city, so he plundered Al Badi thoroughly in 1683. Al Badi remains a ruin, but it has a nice athmosphere, and one can still guess the splendor that it once must have radiated. On the crumbling walls plenty of storks are nesting. As an additional bonus, it is less crowded than most other sights in Marrakech. Address: Rue Bessima - well sign-posted
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I found El Badi Palace quite interesting, although there's not much of it left - only the outer walls, in fact. But - because of its vast size, it can still igve you an idea of how magnificent the palace would have been. This palace was built by the Saadian king Ahmed el-Mansour in 1578, whose tomb you can visit nearby.
The original building (which was built between 1578-1594) consisted of 360 rooms, a 135 m by 110 m courtyard and also a 90 m by 20 m pool - all richly decorated, of course. In what would have been the courtyard you can now see a large orange grove - so your visit will be a very perfumed one.
Sadly this palace was destroyed by the Sultan Mawlay Ismail, who took away the best materials and decorations to ornate his own palace in Meknes. Leave a Comment Address: plaace des ferblantiersDirections: at the end of the mellah souk
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Along the inside of the wall in the north-west of the Badi Palace is a row of rooms that were reserved for foreign guests, usually from diplomatic missions. Leave a Comment
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 El Badi Palace by SallyM
It is now a ruin, with all the marble and tiling gone, but the thick walls remain, providing a useful nesting site for storks. The contrast between the noise in the streets outside, and the calm of the courtyard within is striking. Leave a Comment
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 by SirRichard
You can enter this old palace from the Ferblantiers Square. Entrance 10 Dh. This old palace is only ruins of brick walls, so unless you have plenty of time, is much better to see the nearby 'La Bahia' palace. The only interesting thing there is the mosque tower, but you'll have to pay extra to visit it. Leave a Comment
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 by hajin
What a great place to wander and explore...there are few signs and no one to stop you from wandering into dark hallways and 'rooms.' And a very special part of the visit was that our friend, Mohamed had never had the opportunity to see the inside of the palace before so there were three curius tourists there. Leave a Comment
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