One of the major Tourist Attractions in Marrakech is the beautiful El Bahia Palace, Marrakech. The city of Marrakech has a number of splendid attractions ranging from mosques, palaces, gardens and historical sites. The El Bahia Palace, Marrakech was constructed at the end of the 19th century. The palace was built for the Grand Vizier Ahmed Ibn Moussa who was also known as Ba Ahmed. He was the Grand Vizier to Moulay Hassan.
The El Bahia Palace, Marrakech was the family house of Ahmed Ibn Moussa's four wives, twenty-four concubines and a number of descendents. You will find a maze of large rooms and richly decorated salons, private gardens and secret courtyards in the palace. The palace is set around a large garden with orange, lemon trees, jasmine and cedars. There are two gardens; one constructed by Si Moussa and the second one by his son Ba Hmad in 1880. Ba Hmad was a minister who ruled as a regent of the sovereigns Moulay Hassan and Abdelaziz between 1894 and 1900.
At the El Bahia Palace, Marrakech you can see splendid works of Moroccan art. The major part of the palace is on the ground floor. This Marrakech Palace is comprised of different parts like the Small Riyadh, small court, main courtyard, large Riyadh and the private apartment. The Small Riyadh is an interior garden where rooms and niches open on to. This place is where Ba Hmad received people of the government. The rooms of the council are painted.
The small court of this Marrakech Attraction has four rooms of tiled marble which open onto an open air court. The rooms have ceramics squares and were the private apartments of Ba Hmad. The open air main courtyard measures 50 meters by 30 meters and is paved with tiled marble and zellidj or ceramics squares. It has an imposing room used for receptions and has a beautifully painted ceiling.
The Large Riyadh of El Bahia Palace, Marrakech is the oldest part of the palace. It was completed in 1866-1867 and features a garden, two rooms and two beautifully decorated niches. The private apartments have two rooms and two niches with painted ceilings.
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