1815 , had its spiritual center in Fez after al-Tijani moved here from Algeria in 1789 The Journal of North African Studies
Its main focus is its engineering school, though it also offers diplomas in architecture, business, and law Another well-known and important zawiya is the , which commemorates Sidi , the founder of from the 18th century

السياحة في فاس : اهم 8 اماكن سياحية في مدينة فاس المغرب

: 216 Throughout this period and up to today Fez nonetheless remained the country's third largest urban center.

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: 241—242 Otherwise, however, the city benefitted from a long era of relative peace
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These fortifications were restored and maintained by the Marinid dynasty from the 12th to 16th centuries, along with the founding of the royal citadel-city of Fes el-Jdid
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Thus, the two cities became increasingly integrated into each other: the open space between the two was increasingly filled up by new houses and up to six bridges across the river allowed for easier traffic between the two shores
Many of the former notable families of Fez still make up a large part of the country's political elite The lavish former mansion of the clan, known as the , is partly open to visitors but still privately owned
The New , created by in the late 19th century at the northern entrance to and the ; on the left is the entrance to the , dating from the same time The last major change to Fez's topography before the 20th century was made during the reign of 1873-1894 , who finally connected Fes el-Jdid and Fes el-Bali by building a walled corridor between them A number of zawiyas are scattered elsewhere across the city, many containing the tombs of important Sufi saints or scholars, such as the , the , and the

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5 million visitors a year.

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Almoravid impact on the city's structure was such that Yusuf ibn Tashfin is sometimes considered to be the second founder of Fez
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There are three tanneries in the city, largest among them is near the Saffarin Madrasa along the river
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Fortifications [ ] City walls of Fez northern section
: 26 : 216 Between 1971 and 2000, the population of the city roughly tripled from 325,000 to 940,000 Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
Municipality 5416 20560 23 20537 231 Fez recorded snowfall in three straight years in 2005, 2006 and 2007

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However, due to Fez's continuing economic and military importance, the Almohad ordered the reconstruction of the ramparts.

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Rural commune 4626 24594 6 24588 14187 residents live in the center, called ; 1407 residents live in rural areas
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It remained a major economic center of the region even during troubled times
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Other structures built in his time included bathhouses , mosques, and the first bridges over the mostly rebuilt in later eras