Ibn Danan Synagogue, Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Morocco

Carved and painted wooden screen and blue and white tilework at the Ibn Danan Synagogue, built by Mimoun Ben Sidan in the 17th century, in the Mellah or Jewish quarter, Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The Synagogue is plainly decorated and contains a carved wooden Torah Ark and a raised alcove seating area shielded by a carved wooden screen. The synagogue was restored in the 1870s and 1990s. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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