
Name Chefchaouen means Amazigh language means "mountain centuries", was released on the proportion of the city overlooking the tops
Latest Chefchaouen province under the code number: 688.75.1 dated April 23, 1975.
Chefchaouen city, capital of the province was founded in 1471 at the hands of Ali bin Rashid,
Where as a fortress for the Mujahideen against colonialism.
The city has only 35.709 inhabitants (2004 census).
Chefchaouen province in the far north of Morocco is located on the rural mountain range
It is bordered to the north of the Mediterranean waterfront
Extends more than 120 km to the south and regional Sidi Kacem and Taounate and east of Al Hoceima region
And west regional Tetouan, Larache
And belongs to the province's regional point of Tangier-Tetouan. Chefchaouen of 4350 sq km area of the territory. .
The most important landmarks
Characterized by the city of Chefchaouen tags results mountain,
With difficult terrain and sudden dips and low valleys and sharp fractures,
The human presence known since antiquity,
Also known as the arrival of the Arab conquerors Moses Bin Naseer
Who built the mosque Bani Hassan tribe northwest of Chefchaouen,
As well as Tariq ibn Ziyad, which still bears his name a mosque in the village of balconies. (Leadership Bab Taza)
Thus, since the Muslim conquest of Morocco, this region has become a center for the gathering of Arab armies.
In the era of the Idrisid (ninth century), the region came under the rule of Umar ibn Idris II
Who made it the capital of the emirate of Fez. So I knew the area and the occurrence of various wars and conflicts until the founding of the city of Chefchaouen in 876 AH / 1471 AD by Moulay Ali bin Rashid, to stop crawling the Portuguese in the region,
Antique City is home to Chefchaouen important group of historic buildings that reflect to a large extent
Historical and cultural character who Tkedzih city.
Stalk
Historical sources confirm that charting the city was known in the Bth Valley Chefchaouen within
876 AH / 1471 AD by Sharif Abu al-Hasan al-Faqih known as Ibn Friday. And after him his cousin Prince
Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Rashid Pachttat other city in the enemy, and he built Qsptha Otnha his family and his clan.
The Casbah is located in the western part of the city, and is considered the first nucleus, taken by Moulay Ali bin Rashid based leadership that
Military barracks for jihad against the Portuguese. From an architectural perspective, is surrounded by a fence Vakasbh Ttosth ten towers, and embody the method of construction in Andalusian style architecture, the internal space of the rod contains a large garden decorated demarcated into two basins. While Ethnographic Museum occupies the northwestern part of the trachea in. Due date of the construction of the building that houses the museum to the end of 11 AH / 17th century AD. It was built on the rural and to the Sultan Moulay Ismail in the region. This building takes traditional Moroccan homes that are available on the open inner courtyard surrounding a water fountain, surrounded by galleries and rooms in addition to an upper floor design.
Square and I. bathroom
Square and I. bathroom is a public square in the city due to the antique area amounting to 3,000 m. They also pole
Historical and tourist town as all roads lead to it. Initially designed this arena to be home to the weekly market, frequented by residents of the suburbs and the city. Job scene has changed now from Weekly Market Square into a tourist cafes and occupied the place of shops selling, as arena decorated beautiful water fountain.
Great Mosque
Great Mosque is located on the western side of the rod, built by Moulay Mohammed bin Ali bin Rashid in the Horn
10 H / 16 m. Occupying an area of 130 m2, and it is available on all architectural facilities of the silo and Square
Internal open surrounding a fountain, a prayer hall and a school to teach the Koran. Great Mosque devoid of decoration,
Except at the main entrance and the silo with eight ribs.
Antique neighborhoods
Peduncle neighborhood
This is the second oldest neighborhood residential community built after the Casbah, has included in its infancy eighty Andalusian family presented with
Moulay Ali bin Rashid. So called because of its Caesarea was built in the late fifteenth century. This includes
The most important and the oldest neighborhood in the city of Chefchaouen Albiotat who wears the color white mixed with a private heavenly blue. The fountain wall in one of the lanes qaysariyya, Fountains of the most important city because of the frills that adorn encountered.
Al-Andalus neighborhood
This neighborhood was built on the basis of harboring the second group of Andalusian immigrants who came to the city of Chefchaouen
The year 897 AH / 1492. Generally, these Alehian similar in terms of design, but the Al-Andalus neighborhood is different than with respect to the topography of the place, which necessitated the occupants of a two-storey building houses or three, with the presence of more than one entrance.
Neighborhood component, and is a component door of the north-western limit of the wall of the city who knew several reforms in its construction,
Walk with the urbanization of the city. Thus, immigrants coming from Andalusia did not keep their standards
They construct inherent in this neighborhood, especially in the control tower, which is different in construction from the peduncle neighborhood. Add to this
The current control tower, which strikethrough Sur neighborhood is not only a modern restoration of the old tower, which was built on the style
Higher than reality district of Bab Al Ain, which is reminiscent of one in his building towers of Granada.
Abbanin neighborhood
This neighborhood is located along the road leading to the top of the water. Abbanin neighborhood houses a collection of traditional windmills
Which was used to grind the olives. It also has a conventional oven adjacent to Kantara.
The source of the water head
Is a source of water, the head of the basis for building the city of Chefchaouen. This source was and still is the sole provider for the city drinking water and agriculture as well. It is also a driving force
These are some pictures of her ..