Bab Mansour

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Bab Mansour is a monumental 18th-century city gate in Meknes, Morocco, renowned for its grand scale and intricate Islamic architectural decoration.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bab Mansour canonical 4
Bab Mansur al-‘Alj 2
Bab Mansour al-Alj 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city gate ⓘ
monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Alaouite architecture ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ
Moroccan architecture ⓘ
builtUnderRuleOf Sultan Moulay Ismail ⓘ
completedUnderRuleOf Sultan Moulay Abdallah ⓘ
completionApprox 1732 ⓘ
constructionCentury 18th century ⓘ
constructionStartApprox late 17th century ⓘ
culturalSignificance example of Alaouite imperial architecture ⓘ
symbol of Meknes ⓘ
faces El Hedim Square ⓘ
hasAccess pedestrian passageways ⓘ
hasDecorativeFeature calligraphic inscriptions ⓘ
carved stucco ⓘ
engaged marble columns ⓘ
horseshoe arch ⓘ
polylobed arch motifs ⓘ
zellij geometric patterns ⓘ
hasFunction ceremonial entrance ⓘ
defensive gate ⓘ
hasGateType fortified gate ⓘ
hasOrientation eastern side of imperial city complex ⓘ
hasOwner Kingdom of Morocco ⓘ
linked to: Morocco
heritageContext historic city of Meknes ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage site Historic City of Meknes ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Meknes ⓘ
locatedInCountry Morocco ⓘ
locatedInOldCity Medina of Meknes ⓘ
linked to: Meknes
locatedInRegion Fès-Meknès ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
plaster ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
zellij tilework ⓘ
namedAfter El-Mansour (architect or builder) ⓘ
near Meknes medina souks ⓘ
linked to: Meknes

Royal Palace of Meknes ⓘ
notableFor grand scale ⓘ
intricate decoration ⓘ
monumental archway ⓘ
partOf historic fortifications of Meknes ⓘ
tourismRole major tourist attraction in Meknes ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial processions ⓘ
city entrance control ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meknes → hasCityGate → Bab Mansour ⓘ
city walls of Meknes → hasPart → Bab Mansur al-‘Alj ⓘ
linked to: Bab Mansour
city walls of Meknes → hasNotableGate → Bab Mansur al-‘Alj ⓘ
linked to: Bab Mansour
Bab Mansour gate → alsoKnownAs → Bab Mansour al-Alj ⓘ
linked to: Bab Mansour
El-Mansour (architect or builder) → notableWork → Bab Mansour ⓘ
El-Mansour (architect or builder) → hasNamesake → Bab Mansour ⓘ
El Hedim Square → adjacentTo → Bab Mansour ⓘ