POTIERS, SOUK EL HENNA

Numéro d'objet:	30097
Photographe:	Yvon
Date:	1920
Catégorie:	Photographie
Origine:	Fès
Thème:	Métiers et marchands

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Le souk El Henna (souk du Henné) est un des plus vieux souks de la médina de Fès. On y vend des plantes, du henné, du maquillage, des herbes de médecine traditionnelle etc. Au fond du souk se trouve Maristane Sidi Frej, qui est un des plus vieux hôpitaux psychiatriques du monde.

Souk El Henna (Henna Souk) is one of the oldest market places in Fez. Here, you can buy ceramics and traditional cosmetics, including henna. The mohtassib (price-controller), now defunct, had his office here and you can still see his large scales. On one side is the restored Maristane Sidi Frej, a former psychiatric hospital built by the Merinids in the 13th century. Leo Africanus worked here as a young man. It's now a small kissaria (covered market).