Dar el Bacha

Dar el Bacha is an early twentieth-century palace in the Marrakesh medina, built for Thami el Glaoui, the powerful pasha of the city during the French protectorate. Lavishly decorated with carved cedar, sculpted plaster, zellij and fountains around a central courtyard planted with orange trees, it was famed for the receptions its owner held there. Restored and reopened, it now houses the Museum of Confluences, devoted to the meeting of cultures and religions, alongside a noted café. It showcases refined Moroccan domestic architecture.