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Bab Segma

Bab Segma was a former Marinid gate in Fes, Morocco.

Bab Segma
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The place

Bab Segma was a former Marinid gate in Fes, Morocco. It was located north of Fes el-Jdid and was built in 1286 as a part of the Marinid royal gardens located there. The towers of the gate are still visible today and the name of the gate is still used as a toponym in the area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bab Segma

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of al-Qarawiyyin

    The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Islamic Golden Age.

    1.8 km · university in Fez, Morocco · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bou Inania Madrasa

    The Bou Inania Madrasa or Bu 'Inaniya Madrasa is a madrasa in Fez, Morocco, built in 1350–55 by the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris. It is the only madrasa in Morocco which also functioned as a congregational mosque.

    900 m · cultural heritage site in Fez, Morocco · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fez Stadium

    The Fez Sports Complex is a multi-purpose stadium in Fez, Morocco. It is used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities, the stadium holds 45,000 and was built in 2003.

    6.7 km · football stadium in Fez, Morocco, inaugurated in 2007 · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Al-Attarine Madrasa

    The Al-Attarine Madrasa or Medersa al-Attarine is a madrasa in Fez, Morocco, near the Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque. It was built by the Marinid sultan Uthman II Abu Said between 1323 and 1325.

    1.8 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Andalusian Mosque

    The Mosque of the Andalusians or Al-Andalusiyyin Mosque, sometimes also called the Andalusian Mosque, is a major historic mosque in Fes el Bali, the old medina quarter of Fez, Morocco. The mosque was founded in 859–860, making it one of the oldest mosques in Morocco.

    2.3 km · Mosque in Fez, Morocco · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bab Bou Jeloud

    Bab Bou Jeloud is an ornate city gate in Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. The current gate was built by the French colonial administration in 1913 to serve as the grand entrance to the old city.

    800 m · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Ibn Danan Synagogue

    The Ibn Danan Synagogue is a synagogue located in the Mellah of Fez, Morocco. The first synagogue on the site was built in the 17th century but the building has been destroyed, partially or completely, and restored on several occasions.

    800 m · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Dar Batha

    Dar Batḥa, or Qasr al-Batḥa, is a former royal palace and present-day museum in Fez, Morocco. The palace was commissioned by the Alawi sultan Hassan I in the late 19th century and finished under his successor Abdelaziz.

    900 m · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Bab Mahrouk

    Bab Mahrouk, also spelled Bab Mahruq, is historically the main western city gate of Fes el Bali, the old walled city of Fes, Morocco. The gate dates from 1204 and is located on the northwestern corner of Place Bou Jeloud, near the edge of Kasbah an-Nouar.

    700 m · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Dar al-Magana

    Dar al-Magana is a 14th-century building in Fes, Morocco, built by the Marinid Sultan Abu Inan Faris which houses a weight-powered water clock. It is located opposite the Bou Inania Madrasa on Tala'a Kebira street and was created to serve that madrasa and its mosque, which was also built by Abu Inan around the same time.

    1 km · building in Morocco · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bab Segma

Airports
Fes Saïss (FEZ), 15 km · Rabat-Salé (RBA), 162 km · Sania Ramel (TTU), 173 km
Stations
Fes railway station, 1.8 km · Sefrou Airport, 6.5 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bab Segma

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bab Segma. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBy shared taxi – From the bus stop at the airport this should cost 10–20 dirham (per person) depending on your negotiation skills (as of Apr 2019).

From Wikivoyage: Fez, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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    ChefchaouenMA

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    126 km
  2. 02
    Merzouga and Erg ChebbiMA

    8 ways of moving, 41 sources

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  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

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    ZermattCH

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  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

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Around it

Next door to Bab Segma

Bab Segma is 3 km from Fes, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Fezcity in Morocco2.1 km
  • Fes Jdidmunicipality in Fès-Meknès, Morocco600 m