Andalusian Quarter Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali ben Rachid as a refuge for Moorish and Jewish exiles from Andalusia. The upper quarter of the medina still carries this origin — the house forms, the tiled doorsteps, the small private courtyards are Andalusian in proportion and detail, adapted to the Rif mountain climate. The blue came later. The structure beneath it is 15th-century Córdoba.