Jamaa el Fna is a square and market place in Marrakech’s medina quarter (old city). The origin of its name remains unknown: it means Assembly of the dead in Arabic, but, as the word Jemaa also means mosque in Arabic, it could also mean Place of the Vanished Mosque, in reference to a destroyed Almoravid mosque, or it could mean The Mosque of Eternity or The Mosque of Annihilation or perhaps The Mosque at the End of the World.
Today it houses one of the most exciting night markets in the medina, filled with performers, cafes, restaurants and excitement.