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tetouan, morocco
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Tétouan is a city in northern Morocco. The Berber name means literally "the eyes" and figuratively "the water springs". Tétouan
is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. It lies a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about
60 km. In the 2014 Moroccan census the city recorded a population of 380,787 inhabitants.
In 1913 Tétouan became the capital of the Spanish protectorate of Morocco, which was governed by the Jalifa (Moroccan prince,
serving as Viceroy for the Sultan), and the Spanish "Alto Comisario" accredited to him. It remained such a capital until 1956,
when Morocco regained its full independence. The medina (old town) of Tétouan is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
In 1286 the Marinids built a casbah and mosque there. The first large scale building project took place in 1305 when the
settlement was expanded by the Marinid king Abu Thabit Amir. He fortified the place and had it serve as a base for attacks
on Ceuta, which had recently come under the rule of a rebellious member of the Marinid family. Unofficial documents kept
referring to it as Tétouan. Around 1400 it was destroyed by the Castilians, because pirates used it for their attacks.
By the end of the 15th century it was rebuilt by refugees from the Reconquista (reconquest of Spain, completed by the fall
of Granada in 1492), when the Andalusian Moors first reared the walls and then filled the enclosure with houses. These Andalusians
came into conflict with the Beni Hozmar tribe, after which they asked the Wattasid sultan for protection.
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jetsetjohnny.ca features
John Simone`s
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photography
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Simone spent 5 years traveling
to over 80 countries as Senior Photographer
and Photography Teacher on Princess Cruises
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