Ben Youssef Madrassa - Marrakesh
By
Humph Hack
Unique original artwork
Width: 19.00"
Height: 27.00"
x 1.00" deep
Media:
acrylic
Surface: stretched canvas with painted edges - needing no frame
The Ben Youssef Madrassa was an Islamic college in Marrakech. It is the largest Medrassa in all of Morocco. In 1565 the building was finished. Its 130 student dormitory cells cluster around a courtyard richly carved in cedar, marble and stucco. The carvings contain no representation of humans or animals as required by Islam, and consist entirely of inscriptions and geometric patterns. This madrassa was one of the largest theological colleges in North Africa and may have housed as many as 900 students. Closed down in 1960, the building was refurbished and reopened to the public as an historical site in 1982.
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