Fes
| General information: |
Morocco Fès-Boulemane Population: 1 365 000 |
| Address : |
Champs de Course Agdal 30010 Fez Morocco Show map +48 212 535 62 56 9 |
| Official website: | www.fes.ma |
| Mayor: | Abdeslam el Bakkali |
| Agreements of Cooperation: | Cooperation declaration of 28 June 1985. Protocol of cooperation agreement between the cities of 13 March 1986. |
Situated in the north-central part of the country, Fes is the third largest city of Morocco and the capital of the Fes-Boulemane Region. Fes was established in the 8th century but developed and expanded in the following century after emperor Ibris II established the first capital of Morocco there in 807. Owing to immigrants from most important Islamic centres of that time - Córdoba in Al-Andalus and Kairouan in Tunisia - already in the 10th century the city became the indisputable business and cultural centre of Morocco, appearing to medieval Europeans as the capital of religious fanaticism on the one hand and as scientific centre on the other hand (especially in the domains of medicine, philosophy and mathematics). Although since 1956, when Morocco became independent after the years of French colonial reign, the importance of Fes - which is no longer the capital city - has slightly diminished, the city is still a significant business and tourist centre. The Medina of Fes el Bali is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
