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Fes

medina, madrasas, markets and crafts

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  1. Al-Attarine Madrasa: story on the “How Fes el-Bali Changed” route

    This stop will show the everyday conditions that made long-term study beside al-Qarawiyyin possible.

  2. Bab Bou Jeloud: story on the “How Fes el-Bali Changed” route

    Here you will see how a single straight passage redirected people and trade at the western edge of the medina.

  3. Bab Guissa: story on the “Fez's Northern Walls and Heights” route

    The final gate completes the northern line with the story of a second name that outlived its owner's defeat.

  4. Bab Mahrouk: story on the “Fez's Northern Walls and Heights” route

    Here, for the first time, the route shows how a political reprisal became fixed in the city's toponymy.

  5. Bab Semmarine: story on the “Fes el-Jdid: palace, Mellah, and Jnan Sbil Gardens” route

    The fortified passage explains how an alliance with the residents of a neighboring quarter decided the struggle for the palace city.

  6. Borj Nord — Museum of Arms: story on the “Fez's Northern Walls and Heights” route

    The fortress links Fez's defiance with the artillery that the ruler positioned above the city walls.

  7. Bou Inania Madrasa and Dar al-Magana: story on the “How Fes el-Bali Changed” route

    This stop connects a sultan's struggle for recognition with a residential school and a lost system for marking prayer time.

  8. Chouara: how leather gets its color: story on the “Craft Fez: From Nejjarine to Place Rcif” route

    Here, the entire chain that turns a raw hide into material for other craftspeople will become clear.

  9. Henna Souk: story on the “Craft Fez: From Nejjarine to Place Rcif” route

    The trading square will help reconstruct the layout of the vanished hospital and its permanent income.

  10. Ibn Danan Synagogue: story on the “Fes el-Jdid: palace, Mellah, and Jnan Sbil Gardens” route

    This stop will show which family belongings were preserved along with the building, which had nearly been lost.

  11. Jewish Cemetery of Fez: story on the “Fes el-Jdid: palace, Mellah, and Jnan Sbil Gardens” route

    The whitewashed rows preserve the trace of a forced relocation that affected several generations at once.

  12. Jnan Sbil Gardens: story on the “Fes el-Jdid: palace, Mellah, and Jnan Sbil Gardens” route

    The finale moves the conversation from the enclosed palace spaces to a public garden, where an unofficial gathering became a state holiday.

  13. Marinid Tombs: story on the “Fez's Northern Walls and Heights” route

    At the summit, the route's military history gives way to the fate of a royal cemetery and lost funerary markers.

  14. Mellah: story on the “Fes el-Jdid: palace, Mellah, and Jnan Sbil Gardens” route

    The palace’s proximity here will become a concrete escape route, while restored façades will conceal traces of a three-day devastation.

  15. Nejjarine Funduq: a Courtyard for Merchants and Carpenters: story on the “Craft Fez: From Nejjarine to Place Rcif” route

    This stop shows how a merchants’ funduq came to be linked to a carpenters’ market and the future Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts & Crafts.

  16. Nejjarine Square: story on the “How Fes el-Bali Changed” route

    Here, the rescue of one building becomes the story of restoring an entire connected quarter.

  17. Northern Walls: story on the “Fez's Northern Walls and Heights” route

    The surviving belt of fortifications makes it possible to examine a siege that was ended by negotiations rather than an assault.

  18. Place des Alaouites and the gates of the Royal Palace of Fez: story on the “Fes el-Jdid: palace, Mellah, and Jnan Sbil Gardens” route

    Here, a later ceremonial facade conceals the place where the ruler's rescue turned into a political price to pay.

  19. Place Rcif: The City Above a Hidden Channel: story on the “Craft Fez: From Nejjarine to Place Rcif” route

    The finale will explain why the delivery of goods changed the channel and the layout of the medina.

  20. Place Seffarine: story on the “How Fes el-Bali Changed” route

    The finale will show how an imported form gave Fez craftsmen a new product and a new guild name.

  21. Sebbaghine Bridge: story on the “Craft Fez: From Nejjarine to Place Rcif” route

    The crossing will link the craftspeople’s bank to the history of two separately fortified cities.

  22. Seffarine Square: Metal Under the Hammer: story on the “Craft Fez: From Nejjarine to Place Rcif” route

    This stop will show how hand hammering came to coexist with machines and mass production.

  23. Talaa Kebira: story on the “How Fes el-Bali Changed” route

    The street will carry the route from sultanic politics to the personal decision of a man who had to follow his own advice.

  24. The Path to the Marinid Tombs: story on the “Fez's Northern Walls and Heights” route

    This section explains why the modern approach to the panorama follows former military positions.

  25. The Threshold of al-Qarawiyyin: story on the “How Fes el-Bali Changed” route

    At the entrance, the later tradition about the foundress must be distinguished from the evidence of the ancient inscription.

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