Fez, the millennium ancient city of Morocco

Fez, the second largest city of Morocco and one of the four imperial cities, seems to travel back to the Middle Ages. It was designated as a 'World Cultural Heritage' by UNESCO in 1981. The ancient city has more than 9,000 interlacing streets and alleys like a huge maze, filled with traditional handicrafts: dyeing workshops, leather processing factories, various handicraft workshops, custom clothing stores, restaurants, butcher shops, vegetable stalls, and other traditional handcraft shops, and over 780 mosques. The University of Al Quaraouiyine, located within the old city, was founded in the year 862 and is hailed as the first university in the world.