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Madrasah Bou Inania Built between 1350 and 1357 by Sultan Abu Inan, the madrasa was the last built by the Merinids. Wide, it offers in terms of multiple stories of architecture Merinid (set in bronze, marble and onyx, cedar paneling, windows topped with stalactites …). This madrasa is currently … the only religious building in Morocco open to non-Muslims. The Bou Inania Medersa is one of the most beautiful and extravagant monuments in Fez. This Merenid monument is infinitely splendid and almost perfect in every aspect – its carved cedar is a masterpiece of handcrafted sculpture involving endless hours of pinpoint concentration. The Medersa shares its name with the powerful first ruler of the Merenid Dynasty, Sultan Abu Inane. The Sultan completed – although he did not initiate – the building of the medersa between 1351 and 1358 and its twin sister by the same name in Meknes. The layout of the medersa is similar in design to many mansions in Fez: a large courtyard opening into an oratory and surrounded by halls. The courtyard holds much of the extravagant decoration that covers every possible surface. Cedar eaves and the upper patio walls are carved in floral and geometrical motifs, mid-level walls carved in stucco and the lower walls covered with geometrical designs and an elegant Kufi script praising the Sultan. The Bou Inania Medersa is open daily from 8:30 to 17:00. There is a standard admission entrance fee of 10dh.
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