Fez el-Bali city walls

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city walls fortification

The Fez el-Bali city walls are the medieval fortifications encircling the old medina of Fez, Morocco, built to protect the historic urban core and its gates, including Bab Guissa.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
City walls of Fes el-Jdid	1
Fez medina walls	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city walls ⓘ fortification ⓘ
adjacentTo	Fez Jdid city walls NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Islamic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Fez Medina UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Morocco ⓘ
culturalContext	Maghrebi ⓘ Moroccan ⓘ
encircles	Fez el-Bali medina NERFINISHED ⓘ old medina of Fez NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	demarcation of the old city limits ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ gates ⓘ ramparts ⓘ towers ⓘ
hasGate	Bab Guissa NERFINISHED ⓘ northern gates of Fez el-Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Bab Guissa NERFINISHED ⓘ city gates of Fez el-Bali ⓘ
hasViewOf	Fez el-Bali medina NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer ⓘ
languageOfToponym	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Fez NERFINISHED ⓘ Fez el-Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Morocco ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+1 ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ rammed earth ⓘ stone ⓘ
near	Fez River NERFINISHED ⓘ Oued Fes NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	historic center of Fez NERFINISHED ⓘ historic fortifications of Fez ⓘ
protects	markets of Fez el-Bali ⓘ religious monuments of Fez el-Bali ⓘ residential quarters of Fez el-Bali ⓘ
region	Fès-Meknès NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major example of medieval Islamic urban fortifications in North Africa ⓘ
timePeriod	medieval period ⓘ
tourismAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	control of access to the medina ⓘ protection of historic urban core ⓘ urban defense ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Bab Guissa → isPartOfDefensiveSystemOf → Fez el-Bali city walls ⓘ

Marinid architecture → notableExample → Fez el-Bali city walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: City walls of Fes el-Jdid

Bou Jeloud Square → hasViewOf → Fez el-Bali city walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fez medina walls