🇲🇦 Walking tour in Medina of Fes, Morocco | Chouara Tannery, University of al-Qarawiyyin

 

Fez is an absolute open-air museum. The succession of civilizations has accumulated treasures. Its medina being the oldest and largest city in Morocco, all the craftsmen are gathered, from tanners to weavers, dinandiers and potters. Its streets are decorated with architectural masterpieces, and its squares are meeting places where an ancestral art of living is expressed through confident yet delicate gestures. · Chouara Tanneries Since the city's foundation, the tanning industry has been continually operating in Fez and is considered one of the main tourist attractions. The tanneries are packed with the round stone wells filled with dye or white liquids for softening the hides. · University of al-Qarawiyyin The University of al-Qarawiyyin is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859. It was incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963 and officially renamed "University of Al Quaraouiyine" two years later. Some sources, such as UNESCO and the Guinness World Records, cite al-Qarawiyyin as the oldest university or oldest continually operating higher learning institution in the world.