Restoration of the Bab Mahrouk gate Fez Morocco Bab Mahrouk is a gate in the city walls of Fez It was built in the late th century by the fourth Almohad Caliph Mohammed enNasir The gate has a macabre history Its name translates as Gate of the Burnt as a rebel was hanged and burned at the gate on the day it was completed and it was later the place where the heads of executed people were displayed to the public
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