Fès el-Jedid :

Established in the 13th century by the Merinids, Fes el-Jedid is an administrative and royal city where the king went in order to mark the solemnity of an event and the importance of a decision.

The "Dar el-Makhzen
We accede in the Royal palace by the Alaouits Square. A monumental, recently restored marks the official entry of this domain, that includes several palaces, with decorations of great fineness of the execution, places for armies, a menagerie, a koubba, a mosque, a medersa and the closed gardens of Lalla Mina.

Bab es-Seba
In the extreme north of the Great Street Bab es-Seba or the Seven’ Door. It was called after the seven brothers of Moulay Abdallah which succeeded to throne in the 13th century. Right in this place it was hung the nude body of the infant Ferdinad and it stayed exposed here during twenty nine years.

The Mellah
In the middle and at right of the Alaouits Square, the Great Street of Merinids cross the Mellah, considered as the most ancient Jewish district in Morocco. It is possible to admire yet very beautiful balconies in wood, finely wrought and windows decorated with ironworks.

The Makina
At the ancient Mechouar’s west, the Makina shelters a manufacture of traditional Moroccan carpets opened to the public.

The gardens of Boujeloud
This garden with beautiful species of trees prolong the ancient Rue des Français (French Street). Just near, on the square of Istiqlal, Dar el-Batha, an ancient Hispanic palace shelter the Museum of Morocco’s Arts where we can discover the wonderful output of the traditional art.

The old Mechouar Bab es-Seba opens directly to the Old Mechouar, an ancient place of the armies, where the royal troops were showing off. The people of Fes el-Jedid get together here in the evening around the narrators, jugglers and snake charmers.