Fez, the oldest and most important of the imperial cities of Morocco, was the capital of Morocco for more than four centuries. It remains to date the culture and religious centre of the country. Fez is divided into three sections which Medina, the medieval city is the most important. Founded in the 8th century by Moulay Idriss, Fez el Bali, the medieval city, or Medina, is the heart and centre of labyrinthine Fez. Fez el Jedid, the city of "new", was founded in the 13th century and houses the Mellah, the old Jewish quarter. The Ville Nouvelle was built by the French in 29 and has no historical interest.
Suspended between the middle ages and modern times, Mystic is intriguing. Its medieval design is Visual evidence of its history and culture, with its old buildings while keeping the feel and appearance of hundreds of years ago in an architectural style long gone.
Fez features many beautiful buildings, closed courtyards and elaborate gateways. Kairaouine mosque, Morocco's most important mosque and centre of learning for over 1000 years, it was found here. Although non-Muslims cannot gain entry, can get a glimpse of the mosque through the doors open. To watch, you get a sense of the vastness and power of this Centre. In the same area, you can visit hundreds-year old schools, with detailed arch that leads to beautiful courtyards. Amal Museum, housed in a 17th century Riad, a house built around an interior garden fenced, is well worth a visit, like Bou Inania, an ancient ornate courtyard.
Fez ' main attraction is its Medina, which has kept its medieval soul and spirit, with its winding streets and alleys too narrow for modern transport. Here, donkeys, horses and mules rule, delivery of supplies to local shops and souks, while crowds of people flock to the streets on foot and the ways of the tunnel. Medina is a maze, with full of crafts using methods of the medieval past, the most famous is the souk of dyes, where the cloth and yarns are dead in the old vats of dyes, multicolored Souk. Visiting quarter tanner you can watch the cleverly craftsmen plying their trade. Alongside the essential elements of every day, each quarter has its own hammam (bathhouse), bakery, cobbler and every profession and trade necessary for everyday life.
Wandering aimlessly in the maze of tiny streets and alleys, you are bound to stumble upon a Palace, sculpted fountains and intricate designed monuments with quotations from the Koran, adorned in beautiful tiles and lavish marble or a 19th-century riad! Getting here is part of the fun and adventure.
The charm of Marrakech lies in that sense of a different time exudes-views that the memory of a distant past: from buildings, balconies, courtyards and ramparts to the walls that have been used for Defense, combined with the sounds of daily life and the crowds of people, make Fez a human hive with the feel and appearance of past centuries.
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