fès.morroco

medersas

  The Imperial City is the capital of the traditional culture of Morocco. Cribs knowledge, superb madrasas are the flamboyant symbol.
schools
Gate of Fez

A madrasah is a school where the Koran is taught and all academic subjects of knowledge: mathematics, grammar, history, astronomy, medicine ... In Morocco, especially Fez, the function of the madrasas is also welcome students from other regions. Generally, it is organized around a central courtyard with a fountain. Classes are taught in the rich arcades on the sides.
The oldest university

Karaouiyine mosque is one of the largest in Morocco. It houses the university considered the world's oldest, founded in the mid-ninth century, when the core subjects: theology, grammar and Koranic law. Opposite Madrasa El-Attarine is considered the most beautiful of the medina.
El-Attarine
mérinides

The Marinids erected this masterpiece between 1323 and 1325 Its courtyard is beautifully decorated. The walls are covered with carved wooden suras or plaster. Fountain and marble columns are decorated with tiles.
Bou Inania

Built between 1350 and 1357, is the largest of Fez. Upon entry, gorgeous with its heavy doors to the leaves of carved bronze, you will be impressed by the profusion of faience, refinement plaster and wood carvings and carved stalactites called Mukarnas, signing Merinid architecture. The court, onyx and marble, surmounted by a canopy of green tiles typical of Fez.