Saturday 2 May 2015

Sale; the Merinid Medersa



The medersa in Sale is small but an absolute treat. It was built by Sultan Aboul Hassan in 1333. The ground floor which is beautifully decorated with  Q'ranic inscriptions



 was used not only for teaching and prayer but as a court and the (windowless) cells above for the students to live in.



 It is next to the Grand Mosque and therefore at the high point of the Sale outcrop.