Minaret of the Koutubia and Mausoleum of Lallā Zahrāʾ al-Kūch

​Lallā Zahrā al-Kūch: The modest white mausoleum which counterbalances the majesty of the Koutubiah minaret remains one of the rare high places of holiness in Marrakech still clearly visible on the famous esplanade. The women of Marrakech, thanks to their filial fervor, ended up saving the tomb of Lallā Zahrā al-Kūch (d. 1618) from oblivion and disappearance. The mausoleum remained walled up for almost three decades. In recent weeks, it has finally been reopened and restored by the Ministry of Habouss and Islamic Affairs.
This woman of legendary beauty and spiritual elevations recognized by her own, Sufi circles, resisted in her time the advances of prince Zaydān the chaotic and thus marked the feminine holiness and the urban configuration of the city.