Fes
May 3rd 2007 29 April - 3 May A very short train ride east brings me to Fes - the granddaddy of all Moroccan cities. Fes (alternately spelled Fez) is old - really old. Moulay Idriss and his son built the city at about 800 AD as the new capital of the new kingdom, and for over 1200 years it has been still here, occasionally sacked or partially destroyed but always surviving. Fes is said to be the pulse of M
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