# Bab Doukkala

Marrakech, Morocco

Bab Doukkala is a northwestern gate of the Marrakesh medina, built around 1126 under the Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf. Its bent passage with two right-angle turns survives nearly unchanged after nine centuries.

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Coordinates: 31.6339444, -7.999

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