THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The Famous Blue Gate in Fez?

Friday, June 06, 2008

The Famous Blue Gate in Fez?

All I see is blue...

It must be a case of festival fever - but someone came up with the idea of making the superb Bab Boujeloud VERY blue. The coloured lights are ... er... well... not quite as pretty as the gate the French colonists built, but then, hey, there's nothing like a bit of fun with a bunch of coloured lights.

And while we are handing out compliments - congratulations to the Fez Sacred Music Festival organisers for the consideration of placing large banners in public spaces so that everyone can see the festival programme in French and Arabic - well done!

Festival programme for everyone.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: "the gate the French colonists built" ???
The famous gate was built 9 centhuries ago and restored hundred of times since.

Have a nice festival :-); Saturday, June 07, 2008
Anonymous said...: Naim need to learn her history! French built gate to bring in troops... any Fassi would tell her.; Monday, June 09, 2008
Anonymous said...: Right Driss, I think the original gate was to the left as you face the Medina, it was replaced by the French.; Monday, June 09, 2008
Anonymous said...: I have to agree with Driss and David. The original gate was further north. This one was built by the French at the beginning of the 1900s, so it's about 100 years old. The French wanted a gate big enough to get troops through to quell any riots inside the medina!; Monday, June 09, 2008

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