Antique Postcard c.1920 PC - Fez - La Grance Rue du Mellah - LL

Antique Postcard c.1920 PC - Fez - La Grance Rue du Mellah - LL
9x14 cm

This horizontal postcard depicts a photograph of the Mellah (a walled Jewish quarter of a city in Morocco, an analogue of the European ghetto) of Fes. It was surrounded by high walls with a fortified gateway, in order to separate the Muslim and Jewish populations. The Mellah of Fes was established in 1438 and is considered as one of the oldest Jewish quarters of Morocco. At this time of fanaticism, encouraged by the Almohad dynasty, the sultan who wanted to protect the Jewish populations of the city, ordered for them the construction of a Jewish quarter in Fes-el-Jedid, next to the royal palace. We can see in the picture the lively Main Street of the Mellah, crowded with people, dressed traditionally.