El-Hedim square is a big rectangular square lying between the medina of Meknes and the Imperial City. It is bordered by the city walls and the Bab el Chemis and Bab al Mansour gates. Meknes, Morocco.
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Stand before this vast green-and-white tiled gate — Meknes's proudest threshold, where zellige meets monumental inscription. It frames the imperial city for anyone entering from Place el-Hédime and reads as a single, confident statement of power. Attributed to Sultan Moulay Ismail's reign, possibly completed later; treat the attribution as approximate until checked.
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