Horizon

This view from the roof -you can see a couple of minarets of some mosques nearby.

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June 10th 2011
The billboard on the city walls pronounces ‘Live the Music!’ for the sacred music festival in Fez. Although no human musicians are performing on the stage, Fez is pretty good at producing a musical ambience in the absence of guitars or sitars or lutes. The music that I hear comes from the Alpine swifts that fill the air and swoop into their notches in the ancient city walls, slots that were cr ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes

In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more

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