Bab Guissa:
The Zenet prince Aguissa, who ruled Adouat Al Qarawiyine “Al Qarawiyine district” in the 11th century, gave his orders to build a gate to bear his name “Agissa” as his brother Foutouh did in his Andalusian district.
The gate was rebuilt by Nasser Ibn Yaacoub El-Mansour after his grandfather, Abdelmoumen destroyed it.
The present form of the gate is ascribed with an indirect entrance in which there are two closed houses facing each other, and a semicircular arch topped with multi-foiled arch dominating the exterior façade. There is a neighbouring fountain called Bab guissa fountain, which is magnificently ornamented by the typical fassi zellij, so that the gate and the fountain had been the setting of story tellers over centuries to entertain Fassi people by telling them tales and popular legends; nowadays, the gate is famous of the nearby bird market which opens every Friday and Sunday.
The gate was rebuilt by Nasser Ibn Yaacoub El-Mansour after his grandfather, Abdelmoumen destroyed it.
The present form of the gate is ascribed with an indirect entrance in which there are two closed houses facing each other, and a semicircular arch topped with multi-foiled arch dominating the exterior façade. There is a neighbouring fountain called Bab guissa fountain, which is magnificently ornamented by the typical fassi zellij, so that the gate and the fountain had been the setting of story tellers over centuries to entertain Fassi people by telling them tales and popular legends; nowadays, the gate is famous of the nearby bird market which opens every Friday and Sunday.
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