# Kairaouine Quarter

Fez, Morocco

The Kairaouine Quarter is the western half of Fes el-Bali, settled by refugees from Kairouan and home to the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque, founded in 859, the spiritual and scholarly core of the medina.

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Coordinates: 34.064, -4.9735

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