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Fez, Morocco

Morocco's Medinas Were Built to Lose You — and That Was the Whole Point

Fez, Morocco

Morocco's Medinas Were Built to Lose You — and That Was the Whole Point

Fez's medina contains roughly 9,000 streets in two square kilometres. Strangers walk in circles. Locals walk home. The disorientation isn't a design flaw — it is the design.

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