In January 1554, the Ottoman Empire and the Wattasids conquered the city of Fez and occupied it briefly before it was seized by the Saadi dynasty. The move was an attempt to add Morocco to its North Africa colony.
On May 11, 1624, the city of Fez was almost completely destroyed by one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Morocco. An intense earthquake hit the city, wrecked most of its districts and killed thousands of people.
Rabbi Shlomo Aben Danan is one of the most famous Dayans the city of Fez has ever had. The Jewish saint lays in the city’s most renowned synagogue.