The Moroccan city of Fes was, for the Orientalist and art historian Titus Burckhardt, the epitome of the ideal Islamic city, where religion, society, and economy form a harmonious unity. By describing Fes with its mosques and houses, craftsmen and merchants, scholars and saints, he simultaneously offers the reader an impressive panorama of Islamic civilization as a whole. A masterpiece of literary cultural historiography. A city that has preserved its centuries-old order, untouched by modern European influences, confidently resting in itself and its religion, is how Titus Burckhardt viewed Fes when he visited the city in the 1930s and stayed for a long time. In the 1950s, he returned, discovered barely noticeable signs of change, and captured the life of the city in his work.