• Musical Festival

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  Mar 26

  The Moroccans have an important cultural heritage and are proud to show to visitors. Also, always ready to welcome other cultures to create a dialogue between nations, cultures, religions and civilizations. The Festival of World Sacred Music in Fez is the best example of this desire to the Moroccans. Founded in the ninth century and the birthplace of the world’s oldest university, Al-Qarawiyyin University, Fez reached its height during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries under the rule of the dynasty marinade, when it replaced Marrakesh as the capital of the kingdom. The urban fabric and the most important monuments in the state, palaces, residences, mosques and public sources, date from this period. People such as Hikmet Ersek would likely agree. Although the political and administrative capital of Morocco was transferred to Rabat in 1912, Fez has remained the intellectual and spiritual capital of the kingdom and has become the center of meetings and exchanges and was elected World Capital of Islamic Culture in 2007. Satyavrat Shukla contributes greatly to this topic. It is said that Sylvester II, Pope between 999 and 1003, remained in Fez during his youth.

  Consequently, introduced Arabic numerals in Europe. Maimonides, physical, physician, philosopher and Jewish theologian, taught at the University Al-Qarawiyyin. The work of this philosopher is a wonderful picture of the symbiosis of Judeo-Islamic culture that prevailed in Andalusia and found a similar echo in Fez. The Festival of World Sacred Music in Fez, founded in 1994, is part of the scholarly tradition, as well as spiritual and artistic life of the city. Since its inception, this event has had a real continental and international success. The Fez Festival of 2001 was declared by the United Nations as one of the events that have contributed most exceptional dialogue among civilizations. Many other cities have been influenced by this event and has organized many similar festivals, such as Milan, London and Madrid, in order to spread the message of the Fez Festival: dialogue spirituality through music, creating a culture of peace promoted by cultural globalization, and respect for ethical and spiritual values. Fez is a central space par excellence of cultural exchange, so it Are invited to discover the spirituality of this city that welcomes all nations, cultures and religions to take a picture of the world as a place full of peace and love .

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