- Idilesi: Fes El Bali, Fes, Morocco
- Iwebhusayithi: alquaraouiyine.com
- Yasekwa: 859
- Abagqwesileyo abaphumeleleyo: Maimonides, Leo Afrikansky, Mohammed Ahmed Bahnini
Ngokweemvelaphi zembali, umsunguli we-Al-Karaouine wayengowesifazane, osele kumangalisile kwihlabathi lamaSilamsi. Yayinye yeentombi zeentengiso zaseTunisia. Emva kokufumana ilifa elikhulu emva kokufa kukayise, uFatima nodadewabo bakhela iinqununu ezimbini kwiibhanki ezahlukeneyo zomlambo Fez. Omnye wayebizwa ngokuba ngu-Al-Andal, omnye u-Al-Karaouine. Kule ndlela ukufana kwemikhosi ekupheleni. KwiMosque yaseAra-Karaouin bamisa i-madrasah, apho imbali yeziko lemfundo yaqala khona. Iyunivesiti yaze yangena kwiGuinness Book of Records njengowona mdala kunabo bonke abasebenza.
Yintoni ongayibona?
I-Karaouine eMoroksi ayinomdla nje kuphela njengeziko lemfundo, kodwa kwakhona njengesikhumbuzo sakhiwo. Ngethuba lokuhlala kwalo, izakhiwo zalo zagqitywa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwaye zahlukana. Iholo elikhulu lomthandazo linokuhlala kumaKristu angamawaka angama-20. Ubungakanani obukhulu buhlelwe kakuhle kwaye buhlulwe ngamaqela amaninzi kwaye ihlukaniswe ngamaseli ahlukeneyo. Inani elikhulu lamatye lenza igumbi lingabonakali. Ukusuka kwindlu ehlobisa iholo, inqabileyo enhle yintente ngaphezu kwe-mihrab. Kufana nekwere kwimiba ekhona emaphandleni amancinci. Isakhiwo sonke sodonga siyafana ne-honeycomb. Akukho nto inomdla kukuba i-dome ehlobisa umkhosi wememori. Ukubonakala kwayo kufana ne-stalactite. Kukho iminyango emithathu phakathi kwalo mkhosi kunye neholo lokuthandaza.
Zonke izakhiwo zeYunivesithi yaseAra-Karaouine eFez zingakhutshwa ngenxa yenani elikhulu leengcango, kwaye zikhona ezingaphezu kwemashumi amathathu. Ukuphuma kwi-mosque ukuya kwisitrato okanye kwintendelezo kukuvumela ukuba ukhangele isakhiwo kuzo zonke izicwangciso. Kwiindawo ezincinci zentendelezo zimbini. Uphahla lwawo olunamathela emine lukhusela iimithombo ezipholileyo kwilanga elikhanyayo.
Inkundla yeyunivesithi inamathele aqingqiweyo, iiplanga kunye neentsika zihlotshiswe ngokubunjwa kwe-stucco kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo. Ngaphandle kwesikhokhelo esikhumbuzo kwiholo lokuthandaza, ithala leencwadi likaJamiat al-Karaviyin liqhotyoshelweyo. Iqulethe imibhalo eyimibhalo ekhethekileyo eyenziwe ngabasosayensi bezona zivela kwihlabathi lonke.
I-Al-Karaouine Mosque-iYunivesithi ibalulekile nje ngenxa yobuhle bayo. Ibonisa ubomi babemi baseMorocco ngeenkulungwane ezininzi. Ngamanye amaxesha, ngamnye umlawuli oshiye kwindawo yokwakha yaseAra-Karaouine uphawu lwakhe olungapheliyo.
Ndingafika njani?
Unokufikelela kumaFes eMorocco ngeeteksi okanye ngebhasi, ekhwela ngexesha elide lemizuzu engama-30. Ngaloo dolophu, abavakhenkethi bakhetha ukuhamba ngeenyawo, njengoko isakhiwo ngasinye apha sifanele siqwalaselwe ngokukhethekileyo.
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