Jemaa el-Fnaa

The Djemaa el Fna (Arabic جامع الفناء, DMG ǧāmi ʿ al -Fana ʾ ) is the central square in Marrakech in Morocco. The meaning of the name is disputed. In Arabic, Djemaa el Fna is, about meeting the dead. This name comes from the fact that the sultans at the time of the Almohads used the place as a place of execution and impaled heads presented here to show.

Today, the square because of its oriental atmosphere of tourists and locals alike will be appreciated. So there in the evenings a wild activities with jugglers and snake charmers, storytellers, fortune tellers and artists and musicians, there are also stalls, be passed on to those culinary specialties of the region.

The Cultural Space of Jemaa el- Fna Square became the first place in the newly created UNESCO's list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001 and located since 2008 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In the space of fiction literature has addressed diverse, including Elias Canetti ( The Voices of Marrakesh ), Hubert Fichte ( The place of the Hanged ), Juan Goytisolo (Engel and Paria ), Bodo Kirchhoff ( Parlando ), Christoph Leisten (Marrakech, Djemaa el Fna ) and Michael fish ( khamsa ). Juan Goytisolo, who lived for many years near the square and repeatedly refers in his literary work on its phenomena, also played a crucial role in the absorption of the square of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

On April 28, 2011 died in a terrorist attack at Café Argana at least 14 people and 20 others were injured, including tourists.