Kairaouine Mosque in Fes el Bali (Medina), Fes is considered the best and holiest in Morocco as well as the second largest after the new Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. Kairaouine Mosque (Djemaa el Kairaouine) was founded in 857 by Fatima al-Fihri, daughter of a wealthy immigrant from the holy city of Kairouan, Tunisia.
Fatima inherited a lot of money from his father, and Fatima vowed to spend all their wealth in a mosque. The mosque which has the original towers and a-Naffara Burj (Tower trumpet) is the oldest Islamic monument in Fes that was made in the year 956.
But in the middle of the page (Khe) mosque there is a large fountain and around it there are a pair of pavilions are equipped with the Court of Lions Saadians like the one in Granada Alhambra Palace in the 16th century, which can be seen from Chapter Wouroud or near the door enter Attarin el Medersa.
Page mosque is usually in use when summer comes, to a place with the main prayer sanctuary opposite the main entrance. On the back of the mihrab are decorated with pine wood screen with writing kufic and hexagrams and other motifs. And behind the scenes of pine wood, there is the main prayer hall of the mosque. In addition, in this muslim mosque there are also libraries Kairaouine which is one of the most important and oldest library in the world (made in 1349). Morocco is a country in North Africa that is bordered by Spain, Algeria and Mauritania.
Fatima inherited a lot of money from his father, and Fatima vowed to spend all their wealth in a mosque. The mosque which has the original towers and a-Naffara Burj (Tower trumpet) is the oldest Islamic monument in Fes that was made in the year 956.
But in the middle of the page (Khe) mosque there is a large fountain and around it there are a pair of pavilions are equipped with the Court of Lions Saadians like the one in Granada Alhambra Palace in the 16th century, which can be seen from Chapter Wouroud or near the door enter Attarin el Medersa.
Page mosque is usually in use when summer comes, to a place with the main prayer sanctuary opposite the main entrance. On the back of the mihrab are decorated with pine wood screen with writing kufic and hexagrams and other motifs. And behind the scenes of pine wood, there is the main prayer hall of the mosque. In addition, in this muslim mosque there are also libraries Kairaouine which is one of the most important and oldest library in the world (made in 1349). Morocco is a country in North Africa that is bordered by Spain, Algeria and Mauritania.
