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Welcome my dear friend to my Fez page. Fez is one of the most wonderful special amazing cities on Morocco. If you plan a trip to Morocco, alone or with your family ,Fez is one of the cities you should not miss.

But before you getting exacting let me give you a small good idea about fez .

Many of Moroccan’s rich crafts are made by Fez artisans. For hundreds of years such work has been regulated by traditional guilds, ensuring the highest quality. Each district has its own specialty:

It's hard to get your grip on Fez. This may be partly because there are three towns in Fez: the two ancient walled areas Fes-l-Bali (the old town) and Fes-l-Jdid (the new town) and the more modern French-built Ville Nouvelle.

But let this not scare you! Fez is one of the best sights in the world. The walled cities are the main attraction of Fez. The whole old city of Fez has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The immense medina of Fes-l-Bali is a huge labyrinth. In order not to get lost it is best to keep in mind that when you walk down you go towards the center, when you walk up, you leave the center.

The gates that are part of the walls are part of some amazing architecture. Within the walls you should at least try to find the Medersa Attarine, the Medersa Cherratine and Medersa Seffarine, three stunning old buildings near the center of the maze. The other thing you shouldn't miss is the people at work in the median: coppersmith, tanners, dyers. Spectacular colours and lousy working conditions make for great pictures.

Just outside the walls are two good museums Borj Nord (exhibiting weapons) and Dar Batha (Moroccan arts) and the Royal Palace.

please can you just take some of time and watch this video about FEZ

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Nejarin

At my picture you can see some ceramic pots for sale in one of the workshops in the old Medina this place is name Nejarin next to Molay Idriss and here is a beautiful Fountain till then don't forget to drink some of that water am sure you will like it.

So let us not miss in Fez the mosques and medersas. Some of the most famous are Mosques the Qaraouiyyine the Attarin Medersa, great sample of local architecture with nice views from its roof; and last, but definitely no least, the Medersa Bou Inania, next to Bab Boujeloud Gate. And the mosque in la ville TAjmouaati.

if you want to get Souvenir or something you will found a many different of many things.

Working the skin people in the older medina of fes tanneries.

The dyes used in the tanneries are made of natural materials. To make the hides nice and supple a pungent mixture of pigeon poop, acids and cow urine is used.
Here is the famous fes tannery and there will be tons of leather stores in the area of the older medina They sell everything you can imagine. From slippers to purses, chairs to jackets. I purchased a pair of yellow, pointy slippers that were very popular with the locals.

The Mosque of al-Qarawiyyin, near the Suq al-'Attarin, u sed to work into this place Al- attarin for tow year they sell every thing of electronic and clothes skin things….. or Spice Market of Fez al-Bali, is one of the world's oldest universities, and the largest mosque in Africa.

Founded as a private oratory in 857 by Fatima, the daughter of a wealthy Qayrawani immigrant, in the tenth century the mosque became the congregational mosque of the quarter of al-Qarawiyyin. The mosque is surrounded by madrasas, and was a major intellectual center in the medieval Mediterranean. Its prestigious academic reputation may have transcended religious divisions, if, as a popular tradition suggests, Gerbert of Auvergne (930-1003), who would become Pope Sylvester II and who is credited with introducing the use of zero and Arabic numerals to Europe, was once a student at al-Qarawiyyin.
Fez was intimately linked to Islamic Spain politically, economically, and culturally - particularly after 1492 when Ferdinand and Isabel's expulsion of Muslims and Jews from the Iberian Peninsula brought an influx of refugees into the city. Visual references to the religious and palatine architecture of Islamic Spain are evident in the mosque's hypostyle plan, the 10th century square stone minaret (commissioned and funded by 'Abd al-Rahman III, the first Umayyad caliph of al-Andalus), and by the carved stucco, wood, and glazed tile (zilij) ornamental style derived from the Alhambra. However, al-Qarawiyyin's T-shaped plan, created by an elevated central aisle perpendicular to an aisle fronting the qibla wall, belongs to North African mosque tradition. Stuccoed brick, with stone and tile revetment, and carved cedar wood are the primary materials used for the structure and ornament of the mosque proper.
The Almoravid ruler, Sultan 'Ali ben Yusuf expanded the mosque to its present size between 1134 and 1143. The courtyard's blue and white tile floor, marble ablutions fountain, and the two fountain pavilions, which recall the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra, were added by the Sa'did Sultan 'Abdallah ibn al-Shaikh (r. 1606-23).

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