fez Moroccan city

site of Fez is an important feature in Morocco, which is the abundance of its waters, where the limestone layers dissolve in the Mediterranean atlas, which is a region of groundwater that flows from it in a plain known as the Sais Plain. Many springs join and unite to feed the Fez or possibly Fez rivers. The springs, which stem from the clear-cut enemies that the river of Fez has carved out, The city of Fez extends water channels such as arteries to reach every mosque, school and house, and explodes with the eyes of the river Sebou and its tributaries. Which made the city a strategic location and was able to withstand the successive siege throughout history ....

The city of Fez is located in a fertile valley, as if it were the center of the contract between the hills surrounding it from all sides. Near the city there are forests of oak and rice trees, which derive from high quality wood, and surrounded by many lands suitable for all types of agriculture, where growing grains, vineyards, olives and many types of fruit trees. The orange, fig, pomegranate and olive groves, in particular, look emerald in color, surrounded by decades of gardens, orchards and dark green hills lined with cedar, sprigs, and oaks. The high - altitude seems green is mostly all colors , while punctuated by white points are only sheep, goats and cows that are spread in the pasture ....
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One of the gates of the Qarawiyyin Mosque is the façade of archaeological sites that show its civilization through the Islamic ages. The most prominent remains of these monuments are the wall and its eight gates (Bab Maharouq, Bab Al-Dikayneen, Bab Al-Makina, Abu Hahajim Gate, Bab Al-Fotouh, , The door of the cyst, the door of Sidi Boujidah, the door of the gouache, the door of Zayat, the iron door) with its magnificent arches, engravings and the prominent engraving above it, which dates back to the era of the Marinites. Some of them have been renewed in the following ages, but they have retained their character.

Within the walls, the city was characterized by the existence of ten thousand original buildings, seventy kilometers of channels flowing from the waters of the valley and the eyes, and four thousand fountain and watering. The city is distinguished by its mansions built on the hills overlooking Fes on the north, and the old two-story houses around narrow courtyards but covered with ceramic mosaics, doors decorated with carved frescoes, and some houses surrounded by gardens and orchards.

[The Marstanat]
There are many hospitals and many hospitals, and there are a large number of hospitals outside the doors of the city, but less beautiful than those that were inside. These hospitals were very rich, but during the days of a happy war when the sultan was in dire need of money they pointed to him by selling their revenues and property, and the hospitals remained poor and almost deprived of means of work. It was near the Attarin market and the henna market where the mentally ill patients lived. It was built in ancient times due to the establishment of the Sultans of Bani Marin, where Abu Ya'qub built Yusef ibn Ya`qub this marshestan when he took over the king in 685 AH / 1286 AD. And devoted to the many endowments of the property to spend it, and the great order of the Marastan and expanded his work was introduced by Sultan Abu Annan great increases.

[Mosques]
Fez spread many mosques, but the most famous of all is the mosque of the villagers, which was founded in 857 m, where the area was small and then demolished and built by Ali bin Yusuf Al-Marabiti and increased in size significantly increased, and decorated by Andalusian makers, and built his minaret, Rahman al-Nasser at his own expense. Al-Qarawiyyin mosque still maintains a minbar, made of carved wood and a restaurant. This mosque was furnished with a luxurious chandelier and a room for wudoo '. One of the most beautiful remains is the Andalusian Mosque, which is a timeless artifact. It is characterized by the ceiling of the chapel. It is a beautiful artistic effect in the beauty of its niches and mosaics. Its glass windows, which meet in its paintings, have a variety of colors as distinguished by its brass chandeliers and the beauty of its decoration.

There are also many mosques such as the Al-Hamra Mosque, Al-Rusif Mosque and other mosques spread throughout the city. All of which are no less magnificent than the architecture of the Andalusian Mosque.

[Fez scientific and spiritual capital) ,

the lobby of one school in the city of Fez Altarueheugd Fez is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions , a mosque which was established by the villagers , Ms. Fatima girl Mohammed Fihri in 245 AH / 859 AD after the founding of the city duration of 51 years. The mosque and the scientific university attached to it remained a center of intellectual, cultural and religious activity for nearly a thousand years. After Abu Yusif Yacoub al-Marini expanded it, the mosque was able to accommodate 22 thousand worshipers. (17) door to enter the women, and this mosque was unique in its construction and architecture lit in the first era with (509) lights standing above the bases may weigh more than (700) kilograms. The University of the villagers in modern times is the oldest cultural university in the world, where some Western scientists graduated from it and learned Gerbert de Loverne II, who later became Sylvester II. Where he learned (zero Arab) in the science of arithmetic, which is published in Europe.

One of the gates of the historical city also studied in the Mosque of the villagers also the son of the philosopher Sheikh Musa Ben Maimon, the Jewish Carthy who was one of the greatest doctors of his time, who left Andalusia to the East and became a doctor of Salah al-Din and then took the position of teacher in Cairo. In addition to this mosque, Fez consisted of (785) mosques, all or most of them were schools, just like the mosques of Basra and Kufa, studying the sciences of religion, linguistics, history and other sciences. One of the largest schools in Fez is the Sultan Abu Anan al-Marini School, which was established in 756 AH / 1355 AD. It was connected to a prayer mosque adorned with a minarets that is unparalleled in beauty and style.