Fez

 Leather Tanners in Fez,Morocco

Fez has been at the heart of Morocco's Arabic and Islamic development since shortly after the arrival of the first religious refugees from the Middle East in AD 788. Built in the Fez River's fertile basin—the Oued Fez, also known as Oued el-Yawahir, the River of Pearls—Fez el Bali (literally, Fez the Old) was founded in AD 808 by Moulay Idriss II, son of Morocco's founder, Moulay Idriss I,Besides,The restoration is at once a matter of local pride, national prestige and global concern, for the city represents more than an important collection of monuments.

Shoes for Sale in the Tanneries, Fez,Morocco, North Africa 

 It is the world's largest intact medieval city, preserving traditional artistic skills still visible in the leather, clothing, wood and metal goods produced and sold there. It is also the home of renowned institutions for the study of Arabic and of Islamic theology. And it is a political center, one of the five imperial cities in which the king of Morocco, Hassan II, maintains a residence.

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