Friday 18 March 2016

Fes; Batha Palace Museum



Near Boujloud Square and the Jnane Sbil is the Batha Palace. It is from the late 19C but has been a museum since 1916. No photographs are allowed inside the building so I can only illustrate the sumptiously painted and inlaid doors,



ceiling beams,



 and the garden. 



Inside are lovely miniatures and collections of Fassi pottery, ethnic costumes and jewellery and musical instruments.
The gardens are a typical paradise garden sunken below the ground level with a fountain in the centre and divided into four by crossing paths to symbolise the four rivers of the garden of paradise. They are planted with Atlas Cypress, palms, myrtle, lilac, fruit trees and roses.





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