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Fes (/ f ɛ s /; Arabic: فاس, romanized: fās) or Fez (/ f ɛ z /) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco , with a population of 1.256 million, according to the 2024 census . [ 2 ]
The central street of the Mellah of Fez, with distinctive domestic architecture of former Jewish houses. A mellah (Arabic: ملاح, romanized: Mallāḥ, lit. 'salt' or 'saline area'; [1] and Hebrew: מלאח) is the place of residence historically assigned to Jewish communities in Morocco.
The Mellah of Fez (Arabic: ملاح) is the historic Jewish quarter of Fez, Morocco. It is located in Fes el-Jdid, the part of Fez which contains the Royal Palace (Dar al-Makhzen), and is believed to date from the mid-15th century. While the district is no longer home to any significant Jewish population, it still contains a number of monuments ...
The Ottomans would try to invade Morocco after the assassination of Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1558, but were stopped by his son Abdallah al-Ghalib at the battle of Wadi al-Laban north of Fez. Hence, Morocco remained the only North-African state to remain outside Ottoman control. [66] After the death of Abdallah al-Ghalib a new power struggle would ...
When, in 1578, the young king Sebastian with almost his whole army met death, and Portugal saw the end of her glory, in the Battle of Alcazarquivir, the few nobles who remained were taken captive and sold to the Jews in Fez and Morocco. The Jews received the Portuguese knights, their former countrymen, into their houses very hospitably and let ...
Maimonides' house in Fez. Yehuda HaCohen ibn Susan (Hebrew: יהודה הכהן אבן סוסאן) was a dayan or Jewish religious jurisprudent in Fez, Morocco, then controlled by the Almohad Caliphate, and was known for his genius in Torah wisdom and hasidut. His ancestors came to Fez from Babylon.
Fes el Bali (Arabic: فاس البالي, romanized: Fās al-Bālī, lit. 'Old Fes') is the oldest walled part of Fez, the second largest city of Morocco. Fes el Bali was founded as the capital of the Idrisid dynasty between 789 and 808 AD. [1] UNESCO listed Fes el Bali, along with Fes Jdid, as a World Heritage Site in 1981 under the name ...
The Al Fassiyine Synagogue or Slat Al Fassiyine (Hebrew: בית הכנסת סלאת אל פאסיין; Arabic: بيعة صلاة الفاسيين) is a synagogue located in the Mellah of Fes el-Jdid, within the historic medina of Fez, Morocco.