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Fez
Detail of first floor window overlooking central courtyard, Sahrij Medersa, (Medersa des Andalous), 1321, Fez, Medersa Sahrij, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 23, 2009 in the morning. The Sahrij Medersa takes its name from the pool in its courtyard, (sahrij means basin). Green and white minarets crown the theological school founded by Merinid sultan Abou al-Hassan and attached to the Al-Andalous mosque. It is decorated with ornate dark cedar panels (mashrabiya), decorated tiles (zellij), marble pavings and intricate plasterwork. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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AR9180522
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5616px × 3720px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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14TH CENTURY
8TH CENTURY
Abou al-Hassan
AFRICA
African
Al-Andalous mosque
Arch
ARCHED
ARCHITECTURAL
Architecture
building
CEDAR
Cityscape
color
COLOR IMAGE
colour image
Courtyard
DAY
DECORATED
DECORATION
DECORATIVE
detail
Exterior
FèS
Fes el Bali
Fes-el-Bali
FEZ
Fez el Bali
Fez-el-Bali
HERITAGE
HORIZONTAL
Idris I
IMAGE
IMPERIAL
imperial city
Islam
ISLAMIC
LATTICE
LATTICEWORK
MADRASA
MADRASSA
madrassah
Marenid
Marinid
mashrabiya
MC
medersa
Medersa des Andalous
Medersa Sahrij
Medieval
Medina
merdersa
Merenid
Merinid
Moroccan
Morocco
Mosque
no people
NOBODY
NORTH AFRICA
NORTH AFRICAN
Outdoors
OUTSIDE
PHOTO
Photograph
Plaster
religion
Religious
sahrij
SCHOOL
Stuccowork
THEOLOGICAL
Theology
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Travel
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Wood
wooden
Worship