Chefchaouen Morocco - Medina of Chefchaouen
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Due to its geographical position the city of Chefchaouen and territory belong to the area of the Rif mountains. It is a region that is characterized by green hills, deep valleys and typical Mediterranean vegetation. The construction of the city of Chefchaouen was instigated in 1415 AD by Cherif Moulay Ali Ibn Rachid better known by Ibn Jumaa .. His company was part of a context of local resistance to the Iberian conquest.
Ibn Jumaa was unable to complete his project since he is murdered by the Portuguese. It's his cousin Abu Al-Hassan Ibn Ali Rashid who returned a warrior living in Granada, led the construction in 1480 after transplanting the site to the right bank of river fowarat.
Built in an Andalusian-Maghreb architectural style, the city included:
A citadel (the Casbah) 72m x 52m rectangular occupying the northwestern part of the district Souiqa
-a large mosque
-A powerful rampart with towers and pierced by seven gates that are Souq Bab Bab El Ayne, Bab El Harmoune, Bab El Himar, Bab El Mahrouq, Bab El Bab El Maqaddam and Ansar.
The massive and successive arrival of Andalusian families during the period of the Spanish reconquista contributed to demographic and architectural development of the city and gave him a typical Grenadian character. Chefchaouen and experience the emergence of five new historic districts:
- El Kharrazine,
- Rif El Andalous who received the Arab immigrants came after the fall of Granada (1492)
- Rif El Sabbanin famous for its mills,
- Hawmat El Ansar;
- Hawmat El Souq.
An esplanade over 3000m2 Wataa called El Hamam, rehabilitated now in the public square, served as a weekly walked the city.
In addition to its military role, Chefchaouen has been throughout its history a religious and spiritual center which exercised a mobilizing regional influence against the Iberian danger. That's what won him the place name El Madine El Saliha "the holy city". So although small and large, it has an important religious material heritage which is reflected in the presence of 20 mosques and oratories, 11 and 17 zawiyas mausoleums. Among these we find monuments.
- Lchefchaouen mosqueea-mosque "El Masjid El Aadam" built by Mohammed Ali Ibn Ibi Rachid adjacent the Kasba. This is a mosque in longitudinal aisles identified by semi-circular arcs. The prayer hall has four gates: the main gate Bab El Hamraa, Bab El Janayaz, Bab El Wodoua, Bab El Madrassa. the mosque will experience expansion work on the initiative of the qadi of Chefchaouen Abou El Abbas Ahmed Ibn El Cherif Alami in the 17th century. Apart from the main entrance to the sanctuary is free from the traditional lush decoration that embellishes the interior. The architectural interest lies in its striking octagonal minaret style minaret in northern Morocco including Tangier and Tetouan.
Ibn Jumaa was unable to complete his project since he is murdered by the Portuguese. It's his cousin Abu Al-Hassan Ibn Ali Rashid who returned a warrior living in Granada, led the construction in 1480 after transplanting the site to the right bank of river fowarat.
Built in an Andalusian-Maghreb architectural style, the city included:
A citadel (the Casbah) 72m x 52m rectangular occupying the northwestern part of the district Souiqa
-a large mosque
-A powerful rampart with towers and pierced by seven gates that are Souq Bab Bab El Ayne, Bab El Harmoune, Bab El Himar, Bab El Mahrouq, Bab El Bab El Maqaddam and Ansar.
The massive and successive arrival of Andalusian families during the period of the Spanish reconquista contributed to demographic and architectural development of the city and gave him a typical Grenadian character. Chefchaouen and experience the emergence of five new historic districts:
- El Kharrazine,
- Rif El Andalous who received the Arab immigrants came after the fall of Granada (1492)
- Rif El Sabbanin famous for its mills,
- Hawmat El Ansar;
- Hawmat El Souq.
An esplanade over 3000m2 Wataa called El Hamam, rehabilitated now in the public square, served as a weekly walked the city.
In addition to its military role, Chefchaouen has been throughout its history a religious and spiritual center which exercised a mobilizing regional influence against the Iberian danger. That's what won him the place name El Madine El Saliha "the holy city". So although small and large, it has an important religious material heritage which is reflected in the presence of 20 mosques and oratories, 11 and 17 zawiyas mausoleums. Among these we find monuments.
- Lchefchaouen mosqueea-mosque "El Masjid El Aadam" built by Mohammed Ali Ibn Ibi Rachid adjacent the Kasba. This is a mosque in longitudinal aisles identified by semi-circular arcs. The prayer hall has four gates: the main gate Bab El Hamraa, Bab El Janayaz, Bab El Wodoua, Bab El Madrassa. the mosque will experience expansion work on the initiative of the qadi of Chefchaouen Abou El Abbas Ahmed Ibn El Cherif Alami in the 17th century. Apart from the main entrance to the sanctuary is free from the traditional lush decoration that embellishes the interior. The architectural interest lies in its striking octagonal minaret style minaret in northern Morocco including Tangier and Tetouan.
Chefchaouen Morocco.
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