Trivia
- The square was featured in the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).
- An interesting account of the place in the 1970s can be seen in Esther Freud's novel Hideous Kinky.
- Jimmy Page and Robert Plant recorded some songs and their DVD "No Quarter - Unledded" here.
- Juan Goytisolo lives in Marrakesh and has had an important role in the categorization of Jamaa el Fna as a Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
- The square was featured as a photo shoot setting in the TV reality series America's Next Top Model Cycle 16.
- Underneath the square the government have a secret interrogationfacility for West-Saharian political activists.
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