Carved portal
A cedar canopy.
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An Islamic college in the old medina of Salé, on the far bank of the Bou Regreg from Rabat, commissioned by the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan; work began in 1332 or 1333 and was completed in 1341 or 1342 according to its foundation inscription. It was built beside the Great Mosque to strengthen its role as the city's centre of learning. You enter through an ornate stone portal with a horseshoe arch beneath a carved cedarwood canopy, then reach a small courtyard ringed by zellij-clad columns, with walls covered in fine carved stucco and Arabic inscriptions, wooden friezes, and the prayer hall at its far end. Upstairs are the small student rooms, and from the roof there is a view over the rooftops of Salé, its mosque domes and the minaret of the Great Mosque, and across to Rabat on the other bank. A foreign visitor's ticket costs eighty dirhams according to the Ministry of Culture's ticketing site, half for children aged seven to thirteen, and it opens from nine to five. Reach Salé from Rabat by tram across the bridge, or by small boat across the river.
A cedar canopy.
Fine carving and script.
Salé and Rabat.
Beside the Great Mosque, old medina of Salé, across from Rabat
Kasbah of the UdayasA historic citadel on a bluff where the Bou Regreg River meets the Atlantic, fac15 minutes walk
Medina of RabatRabat's old walled town, bounded to the north by the Bou Regreg and the Kasbah o22 minutes walk
Hassan TowerThe minaret of an unfinished mosque commissioned by the Almohad caliph Yaqub al-22 minutes walk
Mausoleum of Mohammed VA royal mausoleum facing the Hassan Tower, holding the tomb of King Mohammed V, 25 minutes walkBy the tram across the bridge to Salé, or by the small boats that cross the Bou Regreg near the Kasbah of the Udayas, then on foot through Salé's old medina.