Bab Guissa Mosque

The Bab Guissa Mosque is a medieval in northern , the old city of . It is located next to the , and also features an adjoining madrasa.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: Mosque in Fez, Morocco
  • Also known as: “Bab Al-Kissa Mosque” and “Bab El-Guissa Mosque”
  • Address: Fès

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bab Guissa and Funduq al-Najjarin.

City gate
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or Bab Gisa is the main northwestern gate of , the old walled city of , .

Museum
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is a historic funduq in , the old medina quarter in the city of . The funduq is situated in the heart of the medina, at Al-Najjarin Square, which is also notable for the Nejjarine Fountain, an attached saqayya or traditional public fountain. is situated 420 metres south of Bab Guissa Mosque.

Mosque
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The or Medersa al-Attarine is a madrasa in , near the Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque. It was built by the Marinid sultan Uthman II Abu Said between 1323 and 1325. is situated 430 metres southeast of Bab Guissa Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fes el Bali and New Fes.

Suburb
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is the oldest part of . It is one of the three main districts of Fez, along with and the French-created Ville Nouvelle.

Quarter
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Fes Jdid or Fes el-Jdid is one of the three parts of Fez, the second largest city of . It was founded by the Marinids in 1276 as an extension of and as a royal citadel and capital.

Neighborhood
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The is the historic Jewish quarter of , . It is located in , the part of Fez which contains the Royal Palace, and is believed to date from the mid-15th century.

Bab Guissa Mosque

Latitude
34.06855° or 34° 4′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.97583° or 4° 58′ 33″ west
Open location code
8C6Q329F+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 486042864
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q48852373
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bab Guissa Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد باب الكيسة”
  • Arabic: “مسجد باب عجيسة”
  • Bengali: “বাব গুইসা মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد باب الكيسه”
  • French: “Masjid Bab Guissa”
  • French: “mosquée Bab Guissa”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Bab Guissa”
  • Malay: “Masjid Bab Guissa”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جامع باب الكيسة”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Баб-Гисса”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Bab El-Guissa”
  • Urdu: “مسجد باب الگیسہ”
  • Uzbek: “Bab Guissa masjidi”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد باب الگیسہ”

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Highlights include Bureau de l’état civil Lamtiyin مكتب الحالة المدنية اللمطيين and Fondouk Lihoudi Fountain.

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