Cherratine Medersa Travel Guide: Top Sights in Morocco, Tours &

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Cherratine Medersa- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Religious Beliefs; Morocco; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 2 hours

The Cherratine Medersa in Fez, Morocco, was built in 1670 under Sultan Moulay al-Rashid as a significant educational institution of the Alawite dynasty. Known for its simple yet elegant design, it combines brick and cedar wood craftsmanship with intricate stucco and wooden arabesque decorations. The medersa features a central courtyard with a marble fountain, surrounded by a portico, and a prayer hall marked by a decorated mihrab. Designed to accommodate 130 to 150 students, it includes dormitories on two upper floors and small inner courtyards, reflecting the architectural influence of the Saadian-era Ben Youssef Medersa in Marrakesh, but with a more restrained aesthetic.

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Reviews of Cherratine Medersa

Pree Chawla

5
Reviewed: 2024-04-14

Definitely worth the visit. Really beautiful inside.
Don Moore

4
Reviewed: 2024-01-22

Not as beautiful as the nearby fully restored Attarine Madrasa but still very much worth visiting. The two are very similar so this one gives you an idea of what Attarine looked like before restoration.
Hayes Weggeman

5
Reviewed: 2023-12-03

Very interesting. This medersa closed to students in 1975 I believe. It is now a museum so you can see how this religious boarding school looked like in its day. Very Spartan living conditions with tiny rooms used by multiple students. Here students were prepared for going to college close by. That is the oldest University in Africa possibly the world here. It was advanced for its day. It was a university at the time Timbuktu reached it's height. Timbuktu in Mali was a religious library though not a university.
Bena Roberts

5
Reviewed: 2023-05-21

If you are a photographer, you would love it here. Some great opportunities to be very creative. It is modernised well. This is where you would come to learn to be an Iman. There is a 20 MAD fee to enter.
MOHAMMED SALAHEDDINE LAZRAK

5
Reviewed: 2019-03-03

This is the 15th century house of my ancestors in the old medina of Fez near It has been restored by the Moroccan government and with the particular interest of his Majesty king of Morocco Mohammed VI th.