#Repost @shuimorocco1 ・・・ ⏩⏩Morocco Tetouan / Marruecos Tetaouen / Maroc Tetouan / مدينة تطوان ، الحمامة البيضاء .. #picture #instagood #picoftheday #photooftheday #colorphoto #allshots #composition #moment #everdaymaghreb #morroco #mdiq #moroccanphotos #portmdiq #marocphoto #marocphoto 🔴🔴 The city is situated about 60 km east of the city of Tangier and 40 km south of the Spanish exclave of Ceuta (Sebta) and the Strait of Gibraltar. It is in the far north of the Rif Mountains. To the south and west of the city there are mountains. Tetuan is situated in the middle of a belt of orchards that contain orange, almond, pomegranate and cypress trees. The Rif Mountains are nearby, as the city is located in the Martil Valley. It is picturesquely situated on the northern slope of a fertile valley down which flows the Martil river, with the harbour of Tétouan, Martil, at its mouth. Behind rise rugged masses of rock, the southern wall of the Anjeracountry, once practically closed to Europeans, and across the valley are the hills which form the northern limit of the still more impenetrable Rif. The streets are fairly wide and straight, and many of the houses belonging to aristocratic families, descendants of those expelled from Al-Andalus by the Spanish Reconquista, possess marble fountains and have groves planted with orange trees. Within the houses the ceilings are often exquisitely carved and painted in hispano-moresque designs, such as are found in the Alhambra of Granada, and the tile-work for which Tetuan is known may be seen on floors, pillars and dados. The traditional industries are tilework, inlaying with silver wire, and the manufacture of thick-soled yellow slippers, much-esteemed flintlocks, and artistic towels used as cape and skirt by Arabic girls in rural areas. The Jews lived in a mellah, separated from the rest of the town by gates which were closed at night. The harbour of Tetuan was obstructed by a bar, over which only small vessels can pass, and the roadstead, sheltered to the north, Northwest and south, is exposed to the east, and is at times unsafe in consequence of the strong Levanter. ⏩⏩Morocco TETOUÀN / Marruecos TETAOUEN/ مدينة تطوان المغرب ..