page_title: Fes el Bali
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Fes el Bali / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: Inside the Al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez, Morocco
context_page_description: Fes el Bali is the oldest walled part of Fez, Morocco. Fes el Bali was founded as the capital of the Idrisid dynasty between 789 and 808 AD. Besides being famous for having the oldest existing, continually operating university in the world, the University of Al-Karaouine, Fes el Bali, with a total population of 156,000, is also believed to be the biggest car-free urban area in the world.
  UNESCO listed Fes el Bali, along with Fes Jdid, as a World Heritage Site in 1981 under the name Medina of Fez. The World Heritage Site includes Fes el Bali's urban fabric and walls as well as a buffer zone outside of the walls that is intended to preserve the visual integrity of the location.
  Fes el Bali is, along with Fes Jdid and the French-created Ville Nouvelle or “New Town”, one of the three main districts in Fez.
context_section_description: The following are some of the major historic monuments and landmarks in Fes el-Bali.
caption: The Madrasa al-Attarine, one of the most richly-decorated historic madrasas in the city.
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