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Medina
The medina in Fes is one the largest living medieval cities in the world
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Steps
The narrow winding alleys & covered markets are full of just about...
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Rabit-warren
The medina in Fes has about 9400 lanes and streets
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Gate
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Minarets
Where there's a minaret there's a mosque
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Gate
One of the many gates into the medina
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Rest
Overworked and underfed donkeys can be seen all over the medina
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Mosque
Women pray on one side, men on the other
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Kairaouine Mosque
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Chat
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Oil
Essential oils
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Detail
Coloured tiles and carved plaster walls in the Kairaouine Mosque
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Kairaouine Mosque
This centuries-old mosque is said to hold 20,000 people
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Kairaouine Mosque
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Kairaouine Mosque
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Dye
The tanneries. Animal skins are brought here by donkey, then dyed in...
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Tanneries
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Tanneries
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Tanneries
Dyed leather drying in the sun
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Tanneries
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Tanneries
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Medina
A very narrow alley in a residential area
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Carpet
This carpet shop in the Medina is a restored caravanserai. The function of a...
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Carpet
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Looking up
The caravenserai-cum-carpet shop
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North Africa/Middle East
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