Fez (Maroc). - La Porte de Bab El Melah

Front Text - Edition Chalom Serero, Fez;Text on the back -Carte postale:Correspondance - Adresse;Production period - before 1914;Front Period - beginning of the 20th century;Category - Jewish quarter;Description - This vertical postcard depicts a photograph of the Bab el-Mellah of Fes. A Mellah was the quarter in which lived the Jewish people in Morocco. It was surrounded by high walls, as we can see on the picture, in order to separate Muslim and Jewish peoples (an analogue of the European ghetto). The Jewish population was confined to mellahs in Morocco beginning in the 15th century, but especially since the 19th century. In the photograph, we can see the entrance of the Jewish quarter of Fez, crossed by several people, and the fortified Gate on the left side (as it usually was, before entering a Mellah in Morocco), called Bab el-Mellah. [S.H];Back Handwritten Text - Fez, le 12.N.1914 De Fez je t'envoie le bonjour et je t'embrasse bien fort.;Back Handwritten Text Translation - Fez, the 12.N. 1914 I send you hello from Fes and I kiss you.;Stamp Place on postcard - Upper left;Stamp Origin - Morocco (Country);Post office marks Origin - Fes (City), Morocco (Country);Post office marks Languages Of Text - French