Medina quarter

Mule moving goods through the car-free medina in Fez, Morocco

A medina (from Arabic: مدينة, romanizedmadīnah, lit.'city') is a historical district in a number of North African cities, often corresponding to an old walled city. The term comes from the Arabic word simply meaning "city" or "town".[1][2]

  1. ^ Petersen, Andrew (1996). Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 9781134613663.
  2. ^ "medina, n.". OED Online. Oxford University Press. September 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.[permanent dead link]

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