Editing Marrakesh (section)

==Landmarks==
{{main|Landmarks of Marrakesh}}

===Jemaa el-Fnaa===
[[File:Medina of Marrakesh-110423.jpg|thumb|[[Jemaa el-Fnaa]] square]]{{Main|Jemaa el-Fnaa}}
The [[Jemaa el-Fnaa]] is one of the best-known squares in Africa and is the centre of city activity and trade. It has been described as a "world-famous square", "a metaphorical urban icon, a bridge between the past and the present, the place where (spectacularized) Moroccan tradition encounters modernity."{{sfn|Pons|Crang|Travlou|2009|p=39}} It has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985.{{sfn|Harrison|2012|p=144}} The square's name has several possible meanings; the most plausible etymology endorsed by historians is that it meant "ruined mosque" or "mosque of annihilation", referring to the construction of a mosque within the square in the late 16th century that was left unfinished and fell into ruin.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|pp=590–593}}{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001|p=263}}{{sfn|Salmon|2016|p=32}} The square was originally an open space for markets located on the east side of the ''Ksar el-Hajjar'', the main fortress and palace of the Almoravid dynasty who founded Marrakesh.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=143}}{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001}}

Historically this square was used for public executions by rulers who sought to maintain their power by frightening the public. The square attracted dwellers from the surrounding desert and mountains to trade here, and stalls were raised in the square from early in its history. It drew tradesmen, snake charmers, dancing boys, and musicians playing [[Bagpipes|pipes]], [[tambourine]]s and [[African drum]]s.{{sfn|Barrows|2004|pp=76–78}} Today the square attracts people from diverse backgrounds and tourists from all around the world. Snake charmers, acrobats, magicians, mystics, musicians, monkey trainers, herb sellers, story-tellers, dentists, pickpockets, and entertainers in medieval garb still populate the square.{{sfn|Harrison|2012|p=144}}<ref name="Publishing2003">{{cite journal|title=Out|journal=Out: America's Best Selling Gay and Lesbian Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74|access-date=16 October 2012|date=March 2003|publisher=Here Publishing|pages=73–75|issn=1062-7928|archive-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526013052/http://books.google.com/books?id=xWIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Souks===
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Marrakesh has the largest traditional market in Morocco and the image of the city is closely associated with its ''[[souk]]s''. Historically, the souks of Marrakesh were divided into retail areas for particular goods such as leather, carpets, metalwork and pottery. These divisions still roughly exist, though with significant overlap. Many of the souks sell items like carpets and rugs, traditional Muslim attire, leather bags, and lanterns.{{sfn|Sullivan|2006|p=148}} [[Haggling]] is still a very important part of trade in the souks.{{sfn|Christiani|2009|p=51}}

The Medina is also famous for its street food. Mechoui Alley is particularly famous for selling slow-roasted lamb dishes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://millispotter.com/experience/street-food-tasting-tour-in-marrakech/|title=Street Food of Marrakech Medina|access-date=2021-05-11|archive-date=2021-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513000510/https://millispotter.com/experience/street-food-tasting-tour-in-marrakech/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Ensemble Artisanal'', located near the Koutoubia Mosque, is a government-run complex of small arts and crafts which offers a range of leather goods, textiles and carpets. Young apprentices are taught a range of crafts in the workshop at the back of this complex.{{sfn|Jacobs|2013|p=153}}

===City walls and gates===
{{Main|Walls of Marrakesh}}
[[File:Marrakesh walls DSCF8292.jpg|left|thumb|Walls of the historic medina of Marrakesh]]
The ramparts of Marrakesh, which stretch for some {{convert|19|km}} around the medina of the city, were built by the Almoravids in the 12th century as protective fortifications. The walls are made of a distinct orange-red clay and chalk, giving the city its nickname as the "red city"; they stand up to {{convert|19|ft}} high and have 20 gates and 200 towers along them.{{sfn|Christiani|2009|p=43}}
[[File:Marrakech (47075469664).jpg|thumb|[[Bab Agnaou]], the historic gate of the [[Kasbah]]]]
Of the city's gates, one of the best-known is [[Bab Agnaou]], built in the late 12th century by the Almohad caliph Ya'qub al-Mansur as the main public entrance to the new [[Kasbah of Marrakesh|Kasbah]].{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=}}{{Sfn|Salmon|2018}} The gate's carved floral ornamentation is framed by three panels marked with an inscription from the [[Quran]] in [[Maghrebi script]] using foliated [[Kufic]] letters.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=480}} The medina has at least eight main historic gates: [[Bab Doukkala]], [[Bab el-Khemis (Marrakesh)|Bab el-Khemis]], [[Bab ad-Debbagh]], Bab Aylan, [[Bab Aghmat]], [[Bab er Robb|Bab er-Robb]], Bab el-Makhzen and Bab el-'Arissa. These date back to the 12th century during the Almoravid period and many of them have been modified since.<ref name="Allain-1957">{{Cite journal|last1=Allain|first1=Charles|last2=Deverdun|first2=Gaston|date=1957|title=Les portes anciennes de Marrakech|url=http://www.hesperis-tamuda.com/fr/index.php/archives/archives-1959-1950/132-hesperis-tamuda-1957|journal=Hespéris|volume=44|pages=85–126|access-date=2020-09-06|archive-date=2021-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228031528/http://www.hesperis-tamuda.com/fr/index.php/archives/archives-1959-1950/132-hesperis-tamuda-1957|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001}}

===Gardens===
[[File:Jardins de la Ménara.jpg|left|thumb|Pavilion and reservoir of the [[Menara gardens]]]]
The city is home to a number of gardens, both historical and modern. The largest and oldest gardens in the city are the [[Menara Gardens]] to the west and the [[Agdal Gardens]] to the south. The Menara Gardens were established in 1157 by the Almohad ruler Abd al-Mu'min.<ref name="Qantara-2021">{{Cite web|title=Qantara - The garden and the pavilion of the Menara|url=https://www.qantara-med.org/public/show_document.php?do_id=1021&lang=en|access-date=2021-01-28|website=www.qantara-med.org|archive-date=2021-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831025147/https://www.qantara-med.org/public/show_document.php?do_id=1021&lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Navarro-2017" /> They are centered around a large water reservoir surrounded by [[orchard]]s and [[olive grove]]s. A 19th-century pavilion stands at the edge of the reservoir. The Agdal Gardens were established during the reign of Abu Ya'qub Yusuf (r. 1163–1184) and extend over a larger area today, containing several water basins and palace structures.<ref name="Navarro-2017" /> The Agdal Gardens cover about {{convert|340|ha|sqmi|abbr=}} and are surrounded by a circuit of pisé walls,<ref name="Bloom-2020">{{Cite book|last=Bloom|first=Jonathan M.|title=Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2020|isbn=9780300218701|location=|pages=145–146}}</ref> while the Menara Gardens cover around {{convert|96|ha|sqmi|abbr=}}.<ref name="Qantara-2021" /> The water reservoirs for both gardens were supplied with water through an old hydraulic system known as ''khettara''s, which conveyed water from the foothills of the nearby Atlas Mountains.<ref name="Navarro-2018">{{Cite journal|last1=Navarro|first1=Julio|last2=Garrido|first2=Fidel|last3=Almela|first3=Íñigo|date=2018|title=The Agdal of Marrakesh (Twelfth to Twentieth Centuries): An Agricultural Space for Caliphs and Sultans. Part II: Hydraulics, Architecture, and Agriculture|url=|journal=Muqarnas|volume=35|issue=1|pages=1–64|doi=10.1163/22118993_03501P003|s2cid=116253890}}</ref>{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001|p=246–247, 281–282}}

[[File:Le jardin des majorelle 21.JPG|thumb|[[Majorelle Garden]]]]
The [[Majorelle Garden]], on Avenue Yacoub el Mansour, was at one time the home of the landscape painter [[Jacques Majorelle]]. Famed designer Yves Saint Laurent bought and restored the property, which features a [[stele]] erected in his memory,<ref name="fondation-pb-ysl.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.fondation-pb-ysl.net/en/History-399.html|title=History|publisher=Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent|access-date=13 October 2012|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913091625/http://www.fondation-pb-ysl.net/en/History-399.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Museum of Islamic Art, which is housed in a dark blue building.{{sfn|Davies|2009|p=111}} The garden, open to the public since 1947, has a large collection of plants from five continents including [[cacti]], palms and bamboo.{{sfn|Sullivan|2006|pp=145–146}}

The Koutoubia Mosque is also flanked by another set of gardens, the Koutoubia Gardens. They feature orange and palm trees, and are frequented by storks.{{sfn|Christiani|2009|p=101}} The Mamounia Gardens, more than 100 years old and named after Prince Moulay Mamoun, have olive and orange trees as well as a variety of floral displays.{{sfn|Sullivan|2006|p=146}} In 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marescaux |first=Patrick |date=21 April 2016 |title=Jardin Anima, l'extraordinaire rêve marrakchi d'un artiste autrichien |url=https://medias24.com/2016/04/21/jardin-anima-lextraordinaire-reve-marrakchi-dun-artiste-autrichien/ |access-date=25 October 2024 |website=Médias24}}</ref> at a location between the city and the Atlas Mountains, artist [[André Heller]] opened the ANIMA garden, which combines a diverse collection of plants with a display of works by famous artists such as  [[Keith Haring]] and [[Pablo Picasso]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Foreman |first=Liza |date=12 December 2017 |title=Preserving Morocco's grand gardens |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20171212-preserving-moroccos-grand-gardens |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In the same year, a large restored ''[[Riad (architecture)|riad]]'' garden set within a historical mansion, located inside the medina, was opened to visitors as ''Le Jardin Secret'' ('The Secret Garden').<ref name=":0" />

===Palaces and Riads===
[[File:Bahia Palace large court.jpg|thumb|Courtyard of the [[Bahia Palace]]]]
The historic wealth of the city is manifested in palaces, mansions and other lavish residences. The best-known palaces today are the [[El Badi Palace]] and the [[Bahia Palace]], as well as the main [[Kasbah of Marrakesh|Royal Palace]] which is still in use as one of the official residences of the King of Morocco. ''Riads'' (Moroccan mansions, historically designating a type of garden{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001}}) are common in Marrakesh. Based on the design of the Roman villa, they are characterized by an open central garden courtyard surrounded by high walls. This construction provided the occupants with privacy and lowered the temperature within the building.{{sfn|Davies|2009|p=104}} Numerous riads and historic residences exist through the old city, with the oldest documented examples dating back to the Saadian period (16th-17th centuries), while many others date from the 19th and 20th centuries.{{sfn|Salmon|2016}}{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001}}

===Mosques===
[[File:Minaret de Marrakech.jpg|thumb|right|Minaret of the [[Koutoubia Mosque]]]]
The [[Koutoubia Mosque]] is one of the largest and most famous mosques in the city, located southwest of Jemaa el-Fnaa. The mosque was founded in 1147 by the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min. A second version of the mosque was entirely rebuilt by Abd al-Mu'min around 1158, with [[Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur|Ya'qub al-Mansur]] possibly finalizing construction of the [[minaret]] around 1195.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959}} This second mosque is the structure that stands today. It is considered a major example of [[Almohad architecture]] and of [[Moroccan architecture|Moroccan mosque architecture]] generally.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959}} Its [[minaret]] tower, the tallest in the city at {{Convert|77|m}} in height, is considered an important landmark and symbol of Marrakesh.<ref name="Gregg2007">{{cite book|last=Gregg|first=Gary S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwajxJo_DMAC&pg=PA62|title=Culture and Identity in a Muslim Society|date=15 February 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-531003-0|page=62|access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref>{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001|p=101}} It likely influenced other buildings such as the [[Giralda]] of [[Seville]] and the [[Hassan Tower]] of [[Rabat]].{{Sfn|Salmon|2018}}<ref name="Ewert-1992">{{Cite book|last=Ewert|first=Christian|title=Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain|publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|year=1992|isbn=0870996371|editor-last=Dodds|editor-first=Jerrilynn D.|location=New York|pages=85–95|chapter=The Architectural Heritage of Islamic Spain in North Africa}}</ref>{{Sfn|Bennison|2016}}<ref name="Hattstein">Hattstein, Markus and Delius, Peter (eds.) ''Islam: Art and Architecture''. h.f.ullmann.</ref>

[[Ben Youssef Mosque]] is named after the Almoravid sultan Ali ibn Yusuf, who built the original mosque in the 12th century to serve as the city's main [[Congregational mosque|Friday mosque]].{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|pp=98–99}} After being abandoned during the Almohad period and falling into ruin, it was rebuilt in the 1560s by [[Abdallah al-Ghalib]] and then completely rebuilt again [[Slimane of Morocco|Moulay Sliman]] at the beginning of the 19th century.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=516}} The 16th-century Ben Youssef Madrasa is located next to it. Also next to it is the [[Almoravid Qubba]], a rare architectural remnant of the Almoravid period which was excavated and restored in the 20th century. It is a domed kiosk that demonstrates a sophisticated style and is an important indication of the art and [[Almoravid architecture|architecture of the period]].{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|pp=105–106}}{{Sfn|Salmon|2018}}

The [[Kasbah Mosque (Marrakech)|Kasbah Mosque]] overlooks Place Moulay Yazid in the [[Kasbah of Marrakesh|Kasbah district]] of Marrakesh, close to the El Badi Palace. It was built by the Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansour in the late 12th century to serve as the [[Jama Masjid|main mosque]] of the [[kasbah]] (citadel) where he and his high officials resided.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|pp=232–237}} It contended with the Koutoubia Mosque for prestige and the decoration of its minaret was highly influential in subsequent Moroccan architecture.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=238}} The mosque was repaired by the Saadi sultan [[Abdallah al-Ghalib|Moulay Abdallah al-Ghalib]] following a devastating explosion at a nearby gunpowder reserve in the second half of the 16th century.{{sfn|Salmon|2016|p=82}} Notably, the [[Saadian Tombs]] were built just outside its southern wall in this period.{{Sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=184–247}}

Among the other notable mosques of the city is the 14th-century [[Ben Salah Mosque]], located east of the medina centre. It is one of the only major Marinid-era monuments in the city.{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=318-320}} The [[Mouassine Mosque]] (also known as the Al Ashraf Mosque) was built by the Saadian sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib between 1562–63 and 1572–73.{{sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=28–77}} It was part of a larger architectural complex which included a library, [[hammam]] (public bathhouse), and a [[madrasa]] (school). The complex also included a large ornate street fountain known as the [[Mouassine Fountain]], which still exists today.{{Sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=28–77}}{{sfn|Christiani|2009|p=53}} The [[Bab Doukkala Mosque]], built around the same time further west, has a similar layout and style as the Mouassine Mosque. Both the Mouassine and Bab Doukkala mosques appear to have been originally designed to anchor the development of new neighbourhoods after the relocation of the Jewish district from this area to the new ''[[mellah]]'' near the Kasbah.{{Sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=28–77}}{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001|pp=256–263}}{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|pp=363–373}}

===Tombs===
[[File:Saadian Tombs (5038944236) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Saadian Tombs]]]]
One of the most famous funerary monuments in the city is the [[Saadian Tombs]], which were built in the 16th century as a royal necropolis for the Saadian Dynasty. It is located next to the south wall of the Kasbah Mosque. The necropolis contains the tombs of many Saadian rulers including [[Mohammed al-Shaykh|Muhammad al-Shaykh]], Abdallah al-Ghalib, and [[Ahmad al-Mansur]], as well as various family members and later sultans.{{Sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=184–247}} It consists of two main structures, each with several rooms, standing within a garden enclosure. The most important graves are marked by horizontal tombstones of finely carved marble, while others are merely covered in colorful ''[[zellij]]'' tiles. Al-Mansur's mausoleum chamber is especially rich in decoration, with a roof of carved and painted cedar wood supported on twelve columns of [[carrara marble]], and with walls decorated with [[Islamic geometric patterns|geometric patterns]] in ''zellij'' tilework and [[Arabesque|vegetal motifs]] in carved [[stucco]]. The chamber next to it, originally a prayer room equipped with a ''[[mihrab]]'', was later repurposed as a mausoleum for members of the [[Alawi dynasty]].{{Sfn|Salmon|2016|pp=184–247}}{{Sfn|Bloom|Blair|2009|p=189}}

The city also holds the tombs of many Sufi figures. Of these, there are [[Seven Saints of Marrakesh|seven patron saints of the city]], which are visited every year by pilgrims during the seven-day ''[[Ziyarat|ziyara]]'' pilgrimage. During this time, pilgrims visit the tombs in the following order: [[Sidi Yusuf ibn Ali Sanhaji]], [[Qadi Ayyad|Sidi al-Qadi Iyyad al-Yahsubi]], [[Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti|Sidi Bel Abbas]], [[Muhammad al-Jazuli|Sidi Mohamed ibn Sulayman al-Jazouli]], [[Abdelaziz al-Tebaa|Sidi Abdellaziz Tabba'a]], [[Abdallah al-Ghazwani|Sidi Abdellah al-Ghazwani]], and lastly, [[Al-Suhayli|Sidi Abderrahman al-Suhayli]].<ref name="dar-sirr.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dar-sirr.com/Patron_Saints_of_Marrakech.html|title=The Patron Saints of Marrakech|publisher=Dar Sirr|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005051258/http://www.dar-sirr.com/Patron_Saints_of_Marrakech.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Deverdun|1959|p=574}} Many of these mausoleums also serve as the focus of their own [[Zawiya (institution)|zawiyas]] ([[Sufism|Sufi]] religious complexes with mosques), including: the [[Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes|Zawiya and mosque of Sidi Bel Abbes]] (the most important of them),{{sfn|VorheesEdsall|2005|p=285}} the [[Zawiya of Muhammad Ben Sliman al-Jazuli|Zawiya of al-Jazuli]], the [[Zawiya of Sidi Abd el-Aziz|Zawiya of Sidi Abdellaziz]], the Zawiya of [[Sidi Yusuf ibn Ali Sanhaji|Sidi Yusuf ibn Ali]], and the Zawiya of [[Abdallah al-Ghazwani|Sidi al-Ghazwani]] (also known as Moulay el-Ksour).{{Sfn|Wilbaux|2001|pp=107–109}}

===Mellah===
[[File:Lazama Jewish Synagogue - Mellah - Hay Essalam - Marrakech, Morocco (8138997209).jpg|thumb|Interior of the [[Slat al-Azama Synagogue]]]]
The [[Mellah of Marrakesh]] is the old Jewish Quarter (''[[Mellah]]'') of the city, and is located in the kasbah area of the city's medina, east of Place des Ferblantiers. It was created in 1558 by the Saadians at the site where the sultan's stables were.{{sfn|Gottreich|2003|p=287}} At the time, the Jewish community consisted of a large portion of the city's tailors, metalworkers, bankers, jewelers, and sugar traders. During the 16th century, the Mellah had its own fountains, gardens, synagogues and souks. Until the arrival of the French in 1912, Jews could not own property outside of the Mellah; all growth was consequently contained within the limits of the neighborhood, resulting in narrow streets, small shops and higher residential buildings. The Mellah, today reconfigured as a mainly residential zone renamed Hay Essalam, currently occupies an area smaller than its historic limits and has an almost entirely Muslim population. The [[Slat al-Azama Synagogue]] (or Lazama Synagogue), built around a central courtyard, is in the Mellah.<ref name="Larson2012">{{cite news|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/travel/vacations/marrakesh_express|title=The Marrakesh Express|last=Larson|first=Hilary|date=May 8, 2012|newspaper=The Jewish Week|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517192420/http://www.thejewishweek.com/travel/vacations/marrakesh_express|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech|Jewish cemetery]] here is the largest of its kind in Morocco. Characterized by white-washed tombs and sandy graves,<ref name="Larson2012" /> the cemetery is within the Medina on land adjacent to the Mellah.<ref name="iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/morocco/marrakech.html|title=Marrakech|date=16 February 2010|publisher=International Jewish Cemetery Project|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220171150/http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/morocco/marrakech.html|archive-date=20 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the [[World Jewish Congress]] there were only 250 [[Moroccan Jews]] remaining in Marrakesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/MA |title=Jewish in Morocco |access-date=2021-01-12 |archive-date=2019-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402004157/http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/MA |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Hotels===
[[File:Hotel Marrakch.JPG|thumb|Hotel Marrakech]]
As one of the principal tourist cities in Africa, Marrakesh has over 400 hotels. [[La Mamounia|Mamounia Hotel]] is a five-star hotel in the [[Art Deco]]-Moroccan fusion style, built in 1925 by [[Henri Prost]] and A. Marchis.{{sfn|Denby|2004|p=194}} It is considered the most eminent hotel of the city{{sfn|Layton|2011|p=104}}{{sfn|Sullivan|2006|p=45}} and has been described as the "grand dame of Marrakesh hotels." The hotel has hosted numerous internationally renowned people including [[Winston Churchill]], [[Charles III of the United Kingdom|Prince Charles]] and [[Mick Jagger]].{{sfn|Sullivan|2006|p=45}} Churchill used to relax within the gardens of the hotel and paint there.{{sfn|Venison|2005|p=214}} The 231-room hotel,{{sfn|Davies|2009|p=103}} which contains a casino, was refurbished in 1986 and again in 2007 by French designer [[Jacques Garcia]].{{sfn|Venison|2005|p=214}}{{sfn|Sullivan|2006|p=45}} Other hotels include Eden Andalou Hotel, Hotel Marrakech, Sofitel Marrakech, Palm Plaza Hotel & Spa, Royal Mirage Hotel, Piscina del Hotel, and Palmeraie Palace at the Palmeraie Rotana Resort.<ref>"[https://www.rotana.com/newsarticle/2283 Palmeraie Rotana Resort] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831025125/https://www.rotana.com/newsarticle/2283 |date=2021-08-31 }}"</ref> In March 2012, [[Accor]] opened its first Pullman-branded hotel in Marrakech, Pullman Marrakech Palmeraie Resort & Spa. Set in a {{Convert|17|ha}} olive grove at La Palmeraie, the hotel has 252 rooms, 16 suites, six restaurants and a {{convert|535|m2}} conference room.<ref name="HME0312">{{cite web|author=Hudson, Christopher|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-283745828.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525190247/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-283745828.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2013|title=Accor opens first Pullman hotel in Marrakech|publisher=[[Hotelier Middle East]] |date=20 March 2012|access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>