Tags: World Heritage Site.

Fes el Bali (Arabic: فاس البالي‎) (English: Old Fes) is the oldest walled part of Fes Morocco. Fes el Bali was originally founded as the capital of the Idrisid dynasty between 789 and 808 AD. Besides being famous for having the oldest university in the world Fes el Bali with a total population of 156 000 is also believed to be the biggest car-free urban area in the world.UNESCO listed Fes el Bali as a world heritage site in 1981 under the name Medina of Fez.

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id
170
region
List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States
latitude
34.0611
longitude
-4.97778

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