Fez, Marruecos through time

Fes 1922–2011 6 photos of this spot

6 photographs taken at the same spot in Fes, spanning 1922–2011 — 2 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Donkeys and cloaked figures move along the path leading to Bab Ghissa in Fez, Morocco, with ruined structures visible behind them in this 1922 photograph.

EU: Fez, Morocco: the path to Bab Ghissa with ruins in the background and donkeys and cloaked figures in the foreground. Photograph, (1922) 1922 Donkeys and cloaked figures move along the path leading to Bab Ghissa in Fez, Morocco, with ruined structures visible behind them in this 1922 photograph.

EU: Ornate doorway of the Medersa (Koranic college) of the Bab Ghissa Mosque, Fez, Morocco; male cloaked figure sitting on the steps. Photograph, ca. (1922) 1922 An ornately carved doorway of the Medersa, the Koranic college attached to the Bab Ghissa Mosque in Fez, appears in this 1922 photograph, with a cloaked figure seated on the steps.

Fez, Marruecos 2011 Fes, Morocco, captured in 2011. Founded in the 9th century, the city is renowned for its ancient medina, one of the largest car-free urban areas in the world and a long-standing center of traditional craftsmanship.

Fez, Marruecos 2011 Dating to 2011, this photograph was taken in Fez, Morocco, a city founded in the late 8th century that served for generations as a center of religious scholarship and craftsmanship in the Maghreb.

Fez, Marruecos 2011 Captured in Fez in 2011, this photograph documents a city whose maze of medieval streets and traditional tanneries have made it one of Morocco's most visited historic centers.

Fez, Marruecos 2011 Narrow, winding alleyways define the old quarter of Fez, seen in this 2011 photograph; the medina's layout has changed little since medieval times.