Elderly gentleman in the Medina of Fez
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Elderly gentleman in the Medina of Fez

Medina of Fez, animals, cat, World Heritage Site, UNESCO
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An elderly gentleman cat living out his days in the Medina of Fez, which is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the biggest car-free urban area in the world. Also known as Fes el Bali, the Medina is the oldest walled part of the city, and was founded as the capital of the Moroccan Idrisid dynasty between 789 and 808 AD. The Medina of Fez also boasts the oldest university in the world, the University of Al-Karaouine, and houses a population of 156,000. (more…)

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Meknes Royal Stables

Meknes Royal Stables in Morocco were built by despot Moulay Ismail to provide palatial accommodation for his beloved horses.
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Meknes Royal Stables in Morocco were built by despot Moulay Ismail to provide palatial accommodation for his beloved horses. They numbered 12,000, and each of them had its very own groom and slave to tend to all its needs. It is even said that, after a horse had completed a journey to Mecca, slaves were forced to catch its urine in a bowl, as even the earth was too undeserving for the horse to urinate on.

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          Travelling ted Alfie deep in the Sahara and wondering where on earth he left his whiskey supply... ©Annie Wright. Djellaba by House of Diana.

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