It was built in a traditional style in 1280 near the Oued Fez on the Saffarine square by the Merinid sultan Abou Youssef. From the square, you can access Misbahiya Medersa, built in 1346 on the order of the Merinid sultan Abou Al Hassan. Not far from there, you can find the fondouk Tsetaoui, «Tetouanis», which dates back to the 14th century and which used to accommodate the Tetouani students of Al Qaraouiyine university. 

The Seffarine (brassware workers) square also leads to the very rich library of Al Qaraouiyine University. From Seffarine square, you can walk to the Teinturiers (dyers) street where you will find small workshops where wool and cotton skins are still dyed in cladrons.

That street leads to the Sidi El Aouad bridge and from there to the Andalusian neighbourhood.