Bab Chellah

Bab Chellah is a sally port in Rabat, North Atlantic Coast. Bab Chellah is situated nearby to the government office Customs and Indirect Tax Administration, as well as near Mosquée El Mellah.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hassan’s Tower and Mausoleum of Mohammed V.

Hassan’s Tower

Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan; is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century. Hassan’s Tower is situated 470 metres southeast of Bab Chellah.

Mausoleum of Mohammed V

Monument

Photo: Indies1, CC BY 4.0.

The Mausoleum of Mohammed V is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah. Mausoleum of Mohammed V is situated 670 metres southeast of Bab Chellah.

Theatre Mohammed V

Theater building

Photo: Hamdi Maroc, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Theatre Mohammed V is a theater building, which is situated 1 km southwest of Bab Chellah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kasbah of the Udayas and Touarga.

Kasbah of the Udayas

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Kasbah of the Udayas, also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah in Rabat, Morocco. It is located on a hill at the mouth of the Bou Regreg opposite Salé, and adjacent to the Medina quarter of Rabat.

Touarga

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Touarga is a town.

Bab Chellah

Type: Sally port
Categories: city gate and historic site
Location: Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, North Atlantic Coast, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

34.02617° or 34° 1′ 34″ north

Longitude

-6.82731° or 6° 49′ 38″ west

Open location code

8C6M25GF+F3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 896424882

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=city_gate

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