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Fes el Bali

Fes el Bali is the oldest part of . It is one of the three main districts of Fez, along with and the French-created Ville Nouvelle.
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  • Type: Suburb with 156,000 residents
  • Description: quarter of Fes, Morocco
  • Also known as: “Fās al-Bālī”, “Fes al Bali”, “Fès al Bali”, “Fès-Médina ⴼⴰⵙ-ⵎⴷⵉⵏⴰ فاس-المدينة”, “Medina”, “Old Fes”, and “Old Fez”
  • Address: Fès, Fès

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bou Inania Madrasa and Bab Bou Jeloud.

University
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or Bu 'Inaniya Madrasa is a madrasa in , built in 1350–55 by the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris. It is the only madrasa in Morocco which also functioned as a congregational mosque.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an ornate in Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. The current gate was built by the French colonial administration in 1913 to serve as the grand entrance to the old city.

Museum
Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.
Dar Batḥa, or Qasr al-Batḥa, is a former royal palace and present-day museum in the city of . The palace was commissioned by the Alaouite Sultan Hassan I in the late 19th century and finished under his successor Abdelaziz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Fes and Mellah of Fez.

Quarter
Photo: Robert Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fes Jdid or Fes el-Jdid is one of the three parts of Fez, the second largest city of . It was founded by the Marinids in 1276 as an extension of Fes el Bali and as a royal citadel and capital.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the historic Jewish quarter of , . It is located in , the part of Fez which contains the Royal Palace, and is believed to date from the mid-15th century.

Fes el Bali

Latitude
34.0631° or 34° 3′ 47″ north
Longitude
-4.9738° or 4° 58′ 26″ west
Population
156,000
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Open location code
8C6Q327G+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2184888154
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2548880
Wiki­data ID
Q29080943
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fes el Bali” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فاس البالي”
  • Arabic: “فاس المدينة”
  • Armenian: “Ֆես էլ-Բալի”
  • Basque: “Fez el Bali”
  • Burmese: “ဖက်ဇ် အယ်လ် ဘာလီ”
  • Catalan: “Fes el Bali”
  • Chinese: “非斯古城”
  • Chinese: “非斯的阿拉伯人聚居區”
  • Dutch: “Fes el Bali”
  • French: “Fès al-Bali”
  • French: “Fes el Bali”
  • French: “Fès el-Bali”
  • French: “Fès l’Ancienne”
  • French: “Fès le Vieux”
  • French: “Fès-l’Ancien”
  • French: “Fès-Médina”
  • Georgian: “ფეს-ელ-ბალი”
  • German: “Fes el Bali”
  • Indonesian: “Fes el Bali”
  • Italian: “Fes el-Bali”
  • Japanese: “フェス旧市街”
  • Macedonian: “Фес ел-Бали”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “فاس البالي”
  • Persian: “فاس البالی”
  • Russian: “Фес эль-Бали”
  • Slovenian: “Fes el-Bali”
  • Spanish: “Fes el Bali”
  • Swedish: “Fes el Bali”
  • Swedish: “Fès el-Bali”
  • Tamil: “பழைய ஃபெஸ் நகரம்”
  • Thai: “ฟาสอัลบาลัย”
  • Turkish: “Fes el Bali”
  • Urdu: “فاس البالی”
  • Vietnamese: “Fes el Bali”

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