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Place Jamaa El Fna 04/07/2023 17h42
Not regulated shared space at Place Jemaa El Fna. And it almost always goes well.
Place Jemaa el-Fna
Jemaa el-Fnaa (Arabic: ساحة جامع الفناء ) also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa) is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city). It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
The origin of its name is unclear: jamaa means "congregation" or "mosque" in Arabic, probably referring to a destroyed mosque on the site. Fnaʼ or fanâʼ can mean "death/extinction" or "a courtyard, space in front of a building". "finâʼ in Arabic commonly means "open area"; a straight translation would be "the gathering/congregation area". Other meanings could be "The assembly of death," or "The Mosque at the End of the World". Another explanation is that it refers to a mosque with a distinctive courtyard or square in front of it. A third translation is "assembly of the dead", referring to public executions on the plaza around 1050 CE.
During the day it is predominantly occupied by orange juice stalls, water sellers with traditional leather water-bags and brass cups, youths with chained Barbary apes and snake charmers despite the protected status of these species under Moroccan law.
As the day progresses, the entertainment on offer changes: the snake charmers depart, and late in the day the square becomes more crowded, with Chleuh dancing-boys (it would be against custom for girls to provide such entertainment), story-tellers (telling their tales in Berber or Arabic, to an audience of locals), magicians, and peddlers of traditional medicines. As darkness falls, the square fills with dozens of food-stalls as the number of people on the square peaks.
The square is edged along one side by the Marrakesh souk, a traditional North African market catering both for the common daily needs of the locals, and for the tourist trade. On other sides are hotels and gardens and café terraces, and narrow streets lead into the alleys of the medina quarter.
Originally the Colosseum theatre, dance hall and café in the 1920's, later a cinema and now used by Coventry University.
Punks descend on Blackpool again for Rebellion 2018.
Blackpool Transport bus 312 "PJ03 TFN" moves slowly around the shared space of St John's Square.
Panasonic TZ9 camera, 2nd August 2018.
Mixing Old & New - Shared space - Couples Home Office - Lynda Quintero-Davids @nyclqinteriors Focal Point Styling
Haren. Shared space kruising met fietser en auto. Deze foto is beschikbaar gesteld door het kenniscentrum voor fietsbeleid: www.fietsberaad.nl. This photograph has been made available by the centre of expertise on bicycle policy: www.bicyclecouncil.org. [DSC01348_fb]
Taken during the assessment visit of Elwick Road / West Street, Ashford, UK, as part of the 2015 Great Street Award.
Haren. Rijksstraatweg. Shared space inrichting hoofdweg met zebrapad. Deze foto is beschikbaar gesteld door het kenniscentrum voor fietsbeleid: www.fietsberaad.nl. This photograph has been made available by the centre of expertise on bicycle policy: www.bicyclecouncil.org. [DSC01371_fb]
Location: Comox Nelson Park
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Photo by Dylan Passmore
Taken: August 14, 2010
Closed to create what in Coventry Council propaganda speak is "a shared space". Read that as more paving slabs and concrete with buses trying to mow down pedestrians.
© Image & Design Ian Halsey MMXI.
Haren. Rijksstraatweg. Shared space inrichting hoofdweg. Deze foto is beschikbaar gesteld door het kenniscentrum voor fietsbeleid: www.fietsberaad.nl. This photograph has been made available by the centre of expertise on bicycle policy: www.bicyclecouncil.org. [DSC01403_fb]
The Baldwin Street Cycle Track was still in the midst of wider changes to Baldwin Street but I was surprised to see that most of those cycling chose to use the main carriageway, perhaps unaware that they could have gone from Bristol Bridge to Telephone Street on the more-or-less completed separated track. That said, by December 3rd 2014, the full length of the track was only about 200 metres. Continuation to and across The Centre would make it much more useful.