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The mosque was founded around 1276 by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf, at the same time as he founded the new royal city Fes el-Jdid. [3] [2] [4]: 310 (Fes el-Jdid was created as a fortified palace and administrative city, separate from Fes el-Bali (old Fes), from which the Marinid dynasty ruled over Morocco. [1])
On the west side of the square, a small gateway constitutes the main access to the Moulay Abdallah quarter, via a winding road which also passes the Grand Mosque of Fes el-Jdid (the city's historic royal mosque). [4] [13] The Fes River still flows beneath the Old Mechouar, and reemerges on its east side into the Jnan Sbil Gardens. [21]
The entrance of the mosque is located on the Grande Rue (main road) of Fes el-Jdid, projecting from the main building on its western side but now flanked by shops or other structures. The gateway consists of a horseshoe arch surrounded by carved stucco decoration and sheltered by a small overhanging canopy of carved wood topped by green roof tiles.
The mosque is located Fes el-Jdid ("New Fes"), which was originally a royal citadel and administrative city founded in 1276 by the Marinid dynasty. [1] Fes el-Jdid originally housed many of the sultan's troops and it also continued to house the royal palace up to modern times.
From the lively Marrakech medina to the medieval mosques of Fes and the Atlantic breeze-swept coastlines of Essaouira and Taghazout, there’s shopping, surfing and ancient crafts to be discovered.
The Madrasa of Fes el-Jdid, [1] also known as the Madrasa of Dar al-Makhzen, [2] was a 14th-century madrasa built by the Marinid dynasty in the Fes el-Jdid quarter of Fez, Morocco. The madrasa was later converted into a mosque and integrated into the expanded Dar al-Makhzen (Royal Palace) of Fez, where it still stands today.
The main street of the Mellah, the Derb al-Souq (Street of the Market). The Mellah of Fez (Arabic: ملاح) is the historic Jewish quarter of Fez, Morocco.It is located in Fes el-Jdid, the part of Fez which contains the Royal Palace (Dar al-Makhzen), and is believed to date from the mid-15th century.
The Lalla ez-Zhar Mosque (Arabic: جامع لالة الزهر, romanized: Jama’ Lalla ez-Zhar, lit. 'Mosque of the Lady of the ( Orange Tree 's) Flower'), or al-Zahr Mosque , [ 1 ] is a mosque located in Fes el-Jdid in the historic old city of Fez , Morocco .