Mellah District

The Mellah district, in Marrakech

The Mellah is the former Jewish quarter of Marrakech, rich in a singular history and memory. The Marrakech audio-guided tour stops here, with respect, to evoke this historic district, a witness of the secular presence of the Jewish community in the city.

The former Jewish quarter of the city

The Mellah is the former Jewish quarter of Marrakech, created in the sixteenth century near the royal palace. For centuries, it sheltered an important Moroccan Jewish community, which played a major role in the commerce and the craftsmanship of the city. Its narrow lanes, its houses with characteristic balconies, its old synagogues and its cemetery testify to this history and this memory. Today an integral part of the medina, the Mellah is discovered with respect, as a witness of the diversity and the richness of the multicultural past of Marrakech.

What to see

Here you wander, with respect, in the narrow lanes with balconied houses, among the old synagogues and the cemetery, witnesses of the memory of the Jewish community of Marrakech. The Mellah illustrates the multicultural past of the city. It is a stop of memory to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The Mellah district lies in the medina of Marrakech, near the royal palace, reachable on foot through the lanes. It is a freely accessible public district; the synagogues and the cemetery, places of worship and memory, can be visited with respect and according to their own hours, which vary. It is best to enquire before coming.

What is the Mellah of Marrakech?

The former Jewish quarter of the city, created in the sixteenth century near the royal palace, a witness of the secular presence of the Moroccan Jewish community, with its synagogues and its cemetery.

Where is the Mellah district?

In the medina of Marrakech, near the royal palace, in Morocco.