- Ikheli: Fes El Bali, Fes, Morocco
- Iwebhusayithi: alquaraouiyine.com
- Isekelwe: 859
- Abafundi abaphumelele: Maimonides, Leo Afrikansky, Mohammed Ahmed Bahnini
Ngokusho kwemithombo yomlando, umsunguli we-Al-Karaouine wayengowesifazana, esivele isimanga kakhulu ezweni lamaSulumane. Kwakungomunye wamadodakazi omthengisi waseTunisia. Ngemva kokuthola ifa elikhulu ngemva kokufa kukayise, uFatima nodadewabo bakhela ama-mosque amabili emabhange ahlukene omfula uFez. Omunye wayebizwa ngokuthi u-Al-Andal, kanti omunye wayengu-Al-Karaouine. Kulokhu ukufana kwemikhosi ekupheleni. Emasikeni ase-Al-Karaouin bamisa i-madrasah, lapho umlando wesakhiwo semfundo waqala khona. Iyunivesithi yaze yangena kuGuinness Book of Records njengomdala kunazo zonke zokusebenza.
Yini ongayibona?
I-Karaouine eMorocco ayithakazelisi nje kuphela njengesikhungo semfundo, kodwa futhi njengesikhumbuzo sezakhiwo. Ngesikhathi sokuhlala kwayo, izakhiwo zalo zaqedwa ngokuphindaphinda futhi zahlakazeka. Ihholo elikhulu lokuthandaza lingabamba amakholwa angaphezu kuka-20 000. Emasimini amakhulu ahlelwe kahle futhi ahlukaniswe yizinqwaba zemigodi futhi ihlukaniswe ngamaseli ahlukile. Inqwaba yamathambo yenza igumbi libonakale lingapheli. Kusuka endlini ehlobisa ihholo, idome elihle kunayo yonke itende ngaphezu kwe-mihrab. Ifana nesikwele emagumbini awo atholakala emaphandleni amancane. Isakhiwo sonke se-dome sifana ne-honeycomb. Akuyona into encane eyithakazelisayo i-dome ehlobisa umkhosi wamaSulumane. Ukubukeka kwalo kufana nesimo se-stalactite. Kukhona iminyango emithathu phakathi kwaleli mosque kanye nehholo lomthandazo.
Zonke izakhiwo ze-Al-Karaouine University eFez zingasindiswa ngenxa yenani elikhulu leminyango, futhi kunezingaphezu kwezingamashumi amathathu. Ukuphuma emasikini ukuya emgwaqweni noma egcekeni kukuvumele ukuba ubuke isakhiwo kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Ezingxenyeni ezincane zegceke kukhona ama-kiosks amabili. Uphahleni lwawo olunamathele amane luvikela imithombo epholile elangeni elishisayo.
Igceke leyunivesithi ligcwele amathayili aqoshiwe, ama-arches namakholomu ahlotshiswe nge-stucco enobuningi nokubunjwa kwezingodo. Ngaphandle kwesikhokhelo somkhosi esikhumulweni sehholo, umtapo weJamiat al-Karaviyin unamathele. Iqukethe imibhalo yesandla eyingqayizivele eyenziwe ososayensi abakhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni jikelele.
I-Al-Karaouine Mosque-University ibalulekile hhayi ngenxa yobuhle bayo kuphela. Ibonisa ukuphila kwabakhileyo eMorocco amakhulu eminyaka. Ngenkathi ngayinye, wonke umbusi washiya ekwakhiweni kuka-Al-Karaouine uphawu lwaso olungenakulinganiswa.
Ungafika kanjani?
Ungakwazi ukufinyelela amaFes eMorocco ngetekisi noma ibhasi, eligijima nge-periodicity yemizuzu engu-30. Ngomunye umuzi ofanayo, izivakashi zikhetha ukuhamba ngezinyawo, njengoba isakhiwo ngasinye lapha sidinga ukunakwa okukhethekile.
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