# Ben Youssef Madrasa

Marrakech, Morocco

Once the largest Quranic college in the Maghreb, founded by the Marinids in the 14th century and rebuilt in the 1560s by the Saadians. Around 130 student rooms surround a courtyard pool framed in carved cedar, stucco and zellij.

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Coordinates: 31.6319444, -7.9861944

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