SOUK EL KUMACH

Along the west side of the Great Mosque runs the Souk El Kumach, or cloth market, whose architectural symmetry is clear proof that a souk does not just grow haphazardly from a collection of shops, but is harmoniously designed as background for a lifestyle.
Two rows of stone columns divide the souk into three lanes : the middle one, for pedestrians and traffic, is wider than the side lanes with their shops.
Two doors guard the access to this market. One, on the Attarine side, is flanked by columns in the pure Moorish tradition.