Can non-Muslims enter Al-Attarine Madrasa?

Yes. Like Bou Inania, it is one of the historic Fez religious buildings open to non-Muslim visitors.

What is the architectural highlight?

The cube-shaped courtyard, where bands of calligraphic sgraffito zellij at eye level rise into densely carved muqarnas stucco and a wooden cupola over the off-axis mihrab.

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Al-Attarine Madrasa

Marinid masterpiece beside the spice souk

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Al-Attarine Madrasa — Fez

Marinid masterpiece beside the spice souk

Built 1323–1325 by Marinid sultan Abu Sa'id Uthman II next to the spice and perfume souk that gives it its name, Al-Attarine is celebrated as one of the most refined Marinid madrasas, with intensely sculpted stucco, zellij and carved cedar around a small courtyard.