page_title: Bou Inania Madrasa
section_title: Minaret
hierarchical_section_title: Bou Inania Madrasa / Architecture and layout / The madrasa / Minaret
caption_attribution_description: English: Minaret of the Bou Inania Madrasa, Fes.
context_page_description: The Madrasa Bou Inania is a madrasa in Fes, Morocco, founded in AD 1350–56 by Abu Inan Faris. It is widely acknowledged as a high point of Marinid architecture and of historic Moroccan architecture generally.
context_section_description: The minaret, made of brick rises above the northwestern corner of the madrasa. This is the only minaret attached to a madrasa in Morocco. Like most Moroccan minarets, it has a square shaft and is topped by a small secondary tower topped with a cupola and a metal finial with spheres. The four facades of the minaret are covered by slightly different variations of the darj wa-ktaf motif (vaguely similar to a fleur-de-lys or palmette shape) common to Moroccan architecture. The empty spaces inside the motif are filled with zellij mosaic tiles. Above these motifs is a more extensive band of zellij running around the top of the minaret. The smaller secondary shaft is similarly decorated. This style of minaret is similar to other Marinid constructions of the era, such as the Chrabliyine Mosque built further down Tala'a Kebira street in 1342.
caption: The minaret
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