Fes Medina

We then visited the medina, it's the largest car free settlement in the world, housing over 200,000 people in an area of 540 acres, 9000 winding streets, all surrounded by a wall 23km long.
Founded in the 9th century, Fes reached its height in the 13th–14th centuries under the Marinids, when it replaced Marrakesh as the capital of the kingdom. The urban fabric and the principal monuments in the medina (madrasas, fondouks, palaces, residences, mosques and fountains) date from this period.
Although the political capital of Morocco was transferred to Rabat in 1912, Fes has retained its status as the country's cultural and spiritual centre.Les mer