📘 Saffarin Madrasa

Saffarin Madrasa is a madrasa in Fes el-Bali, the old medina quarter of Fez, Morocco. It was built in 1271 CE by the Marinid Sultan Abu Ya'qub Yusuf and was the first of many madrasas built by the Marinid dynasty during their reign. It is located just south of the 9th-century Qarawiyyin Mosque on Saffarin Square, which is named after the coppersmiths who work in the square.