Jewish quarter, Tetouan, Morocco
A narrow street with overhead archways in the Mellah or new Jewish quarter, which has a central street with parallel lanes running off it, built by the decree of Sultan Moulay Sliman on 5th August 1807, in the East of Tetouan, on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. The original Jewish quarter was destroyed in 1790 by Sultan Moulay Yazid and the Jewish population of Tetouan is exclusively of Spanish origin, arriving first after the expulsions in the 15th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Archway Dersa Exile Ghetto Hispano-mauresque Influence Jebel Jebl Judaism Juderia Maroc Martil Medina Mellah Moorish Moulay Qods Tangier-tetouan Tetouan Tettawen Tetuan Titawin Tittawin Whitewashed
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