Morocco - Xauen (now Chefchaouen, or Chau)
Morocco - Xauen (now Chefchaouen, or Chau) situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan. The city was founded in 1471, as a small fortress which still exists to this day, by Moorish exiles from Spain led by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami to fight the Portuguese invasions of northern Morocco. It was known as one of the main concentrations of Moriscos and Jews who sought refuge in this mountainous city after the Spanish Reconquista in medieval times
Picture No
10290305
Media ID
46578652
Size
4704px x 2951px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
circa 1920s
