Friday, July 8, 2011

Fez, Morocco_1




the City of FEz, Morroc


Bab Buzlud, one the four old gates in the Old City (Madinatul Qodiimah) in Fez


The Mosque of al Karaouine in the University of Al-Karaouine, founded in AD 859.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Al-Karaouine




2 comments:

  1. Amazing! 859AD! That's so early! Thanks for posting pictures for us!

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  2. Yap, that's the information that I also got from the murshid mosque. Interestingly, they are still practicing old halaqoh system, when the musrshid are surrounded by the students in delivering a lecture in the mosque.

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