What you'll hear inside Royal Palace of Fez (Dar el-Makhzen):

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  Old Mechouar

  The smallest of the Royal Palace's mechouars, built over a former fortified bridge above the Oued Fes and now one of the busiest squares in Fez el-Jdid.

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  New Mechouar

  The largest of the complex's mechouars, this grand ceremonial square north of the Vieux Méchouar was built under Sultan Moulay Hassan I in the late 19th century.

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  Grand Mechouar / Mechouar Bab Bou Jat

  A vast, irregular quadrilateral of some four hectares at the north-west corner of the Dar el-Makhzen, serving as the palace's main ceremonial entrance from that direction.

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  Bab Dekkakin

  The monumental 'Gate of the Benches' links the Vieux Méchouar to the Nouveau Méchouar, and was formerly known as Bab es-Sebaa, meaning 'Gate of the Lion'.