es . ▁One ▁immediate ▁consequence ▁was ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁ri ots ▁in ▁F es , ▁a ▁popular ▁u pr ising ▁which ▁included ▁dead ly ▁attacks ▁target ing ▁Europe ans ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁native ▁Jewish ▁inhabitants ▁in ▁the ▁M ella h ▁( per ce ived ▁as ▁being ▁too ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁administration ), ▁followed ▁by ▁an ▁even ▁dead lier ▁repr ession ▁against ▁the ▁general ▁population . ▁F es ▁and ▁its ▁Royal ▁Palace ▁ceased ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁power ▁in ▁Mor oc co ▁as ▁the ▁capital ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁Rab at . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁social ▁and ▁physical ▁changes ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁this ▁period ▁and ▁across ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Starting ▁under ▁Ly aut ey , ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Ville ▁Nouvelle ▁ ▁(" New ▁City ") ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁wider ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁entire ▁city ' s ▁development . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁area ▁around ▁the ▁Bab ▁al - Amer ▁gate , ▁on ▁the ▁south western ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁M ella h , ▁the ▁French ▁administration ▁jud ged ▁the ▁old ▁gate ▁too ▁narrow ▁and ▁incon ven ient ▁for ▁traffic ▁and ▁demol ished ▁a ▁nearby ▁aqu ed uct ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁surrounding ▁wall ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁improve ▁access . ▁In ▁the ▁process ▁they ▁created ▁a ▁large ▁open ▁square ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁earlier ▁Jewish ▁c emetery ▁which ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁Place ▁du ▁Com merce , ▁now ▁also ▁ad jo ined ▁by ▁the ▁larger ▁Place ▁des ▁A la ou ites . ▁In ▁