Souk Haddadine – Lampshades, lanterns

This guide to Souk Haddadine in Marrakesh follows the blacksmiths' quarter back to the guild system set up when the Almoravid dynasty founded the city in the 1070s, when ironworkers claimed this corner of the medina. You'll hear how a plain sheet of tin or brass becomes a lantern in a craftsman's hands, hole by hole, long before it ever reaches the polished shops near the main square. Listen for the ring of hammer on iron, the sound that marks this souk before you even see it.