Fès (Fez)

Fez (Arabic: فاس‎ ; Berber: ⴼⴻⵙ) is the second largest city of Morocco, with a population of 1.1 million (2014).
Fez was the capital of Morocco until 1925, and is now the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. The modern Turkish name for Morocco, Fas, originally referred only to the capital city.
The city has two old medinas, the larger of which is Fes el Bali. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is believed to be one of the world's largest car-free urban areas.[3] Al-Qarawiyyin, founded in AD 859, is the oldest continuously functioning madrasa in the world. The city has been called the "Mecca of the West" and the "Athens of Africa".[4