Medina of Fez

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic medina old city

The Medina of Fez is a historic walled old city in Fez, Morocco, renowned as one of the best-preserved medieval Islamic cities in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
medina of Fez	6
historic medina of Fez	3
Fez Medina	1
Fez medina	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Medina of Fez	1
central markets of Fes el-Bali	1
city of Fez	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic medina ⓘ old city ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Islamic architecture ⓘ Moorish Revival ⓘ surface form: Marinid architecture Moorish Revival ⓘ surface form: Moorish architecture
country	Morocco ⓘ
foundedBy	Idris II ⓘ Idrisid dynasty ⓘ
foundedIn	9th century ⓘ
hasCityWall	yes ⓘ
hasGate	Bab Bou Jeloud ⓘ Bab Ftouh ⓘ Bab Guissa ⓘ Bab Mahrouk ⓘ
hasLandmark	Al-Andalus Mosque ⓘ Al-Attarine Madrasa ⓘ al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ⓘ surface form: Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque Bou Inania Madrasa ⓘ Chouara Tannery ⓘ Dar Batha ⓘ Mellah of Fez ⓘ Nejjarine Fountain ⓘ Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts ⓘ Saffarin Madrasa ⓘ Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ surface form: University of al-Qarawiyyin
hasPart	Fes el-Bali ⓘ Fes el-Jdid ⓘ
hasUNESCOSiteId	170 ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor	car-free streets ⓘ historic madrasas ⓘ tanneries ⓘ traditional souks ⓘ well-preserved medieval urban fabric ⓘ
locatedIn	Fez ⓘ Fès-Meknès region ⓘ northern Morocco ⓘ
partOf	historic city of Fez ⓘ
periodOfSignificantDevelopment	Almohad dynasty ⓘ Almoravid dynasty ⓘ Marinid dynasty ⓘ
primaryBuildingMaterial	brick ⓘ rammed earth ⓘ stone ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
significance	one of the best-preserved medieval Islamic cities in the world ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (v) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Arab world ⓘ surface form: Arab States
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1981 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II → UNESCOSite → Medina of Fez ⓘ

Chouara Tannery → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Medina of Fez ⓘ

Mellah of Fez → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Medina of Fez ⓘ

al-Qarawiyyin Mosque → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Medina of Fez ⓘ

Ville Nouvelle → contrastsWith → Medina of Fez ⓘ

subject surface form: Ville Nouvelle (Fez)

this entity surface form: Fez medina

Morocco Pavilion → designedToResemble → Medina of Fez ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Fez

Morocco → hasHeritageCity → Medina of Fez ⓘ

northern Morocco → hasTouristAttraction → Medina of Fez ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Morocco