Mechouar

A Mechouar outside Royal Palace in Tétouan, Morocco

Mechouar or mashwar (Arabic: المشور‎ - Spanish: Mexuar) is a place mainly existing in Maghreb. It is served as a place for pledging of allegiance to the Sultan in a ceremony called Bayaa. The custom consists of kissing hands of the monarch.

The Mechouar may exist inside a palace as a large patio or outside of it as a Plaza square. Generally, all the area surrounding the royal palace is referred to as a "mechouar".

There are many palaces in Spain, mainly in Andalusia which have their Mexuars used at the era of Al-Andalus.

See also

• Ksar
• Court of the Lions
• Islamic architecture