Dar Batha

Dar Batḥa (Arabic: دار البطحاء, pronounced Bat-ḥaa), or Qasr al-Batḥa (Arabic: قصر البطحاء), is a former royal palace and present-day museum in Fez, Morocco. The palace was commissioned by the Alawi sultan Hassan I in the late 19th century and finished under his successor Abdelaziz. It was converted into a museum of historical arts and crafts in 1915 with a collection that now comprises over 6,500 objects. Since a renovation completed in 2025, it is officially known as the Al Batha Museum of Islamic Arts.

The palace is located near Bab Bou Jeloud at the western edge of Fes el-Bali, the old medina quarter of the city, and close to Fes el-Jdid, the new medina quarter. It is adjacent to the Dar el-Beida palace located to its southeast, which was originally part of the same complex.

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Dar Batha staat op plaats 1.868 van 5.793 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 7 van de 25 die de atlas in Marokko in kaart brengt. Gebouwd in 1886, en daarmee ouder dan 5% van de gedateerde bouwwerken in de atlas — een van de 407 bouwwerken in de atlas die uit de 19e eeuw stammen. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

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