Ben Youssef Madrasa, Marrakech, Morocco

Main courtyard of Ben Youssef Madrasa, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. Students' dormitories look out over the courtyard from windows on the first floor. The walls are intricately decorated with carved stucco, cedar wood and zellige tilework. The Madrasa is an Islamic theological college founded in the 14th century and rebuilt by the Saadians in the 1560s. It is named after the Almoravid Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf, who reigned 1106-42. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Main courtyard of Ben Youssef Madrasa, Medina, Marrakech, Morocco. Students' dormitories look out over the courtyard from windows on the first floor. The walls are intricately decorated with carved stucco, cedar wood and zellige tilework. The Madrasa is an Islamic theological college founded in the 14th century and rebuilt by the Saadians in the 1560s. It is named after the Almoravid Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf, who reigned 1106-42. Picture by Manuel Cohen