Jemaa el Fna جامع الفناء in French : instead of the dead ) is a very famous public square in the southwest of the medina ( historic old town ) of Marrakech in Morocco. This traditional , popular and bustling mecca attracts over a million visitors per year and " the cultural space of the Jemaa el Fna " is registered in 2001 Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity [1] by the UNESCO