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The Bab Bou Jeloud (or Bab Boujeloud; English: The Blue Gate) is a gate that leads to the old medina, Fes el Bali, in Fez, Morocco.
Surrounded by high walls, the Pasha Baghdadi square connects the medina with Fez el-Jedid. On one side of the square, you can make out the Bab Bou Jeloud, a beautiful monumental gate built in 1913 and the main entrance to Fez el-Bali.
The development of heavy artillery led to the loss of the defensive effectiveness of the gates of Fez, which began to be considered simply as beautiful architectural elements, thereby contributing to the prestige of the city.
Bab Bou Jeloud, built in the Moorish style, consists of three symmetrical horseshoe arches. The facade is beautified by a design rich in ornamentation based on geometric, calligraphic, and floral decoration and interlaced polychrome glazed tiles, which are predominantly blue.
From this entrance you can see the silhouette of the Minarets of a mosque and the Bou Inania Madrasa.