Tétouan ( Arabic is a Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. It is spoken throughout the Arab world and is widely known throughout the Islamic world. Arabic has been a literary language for over 1500 years, and is the liturgical language of Islam. The expression Arabic may refer either to... Arabic: Titwan or Tittawen ( It means the eyes in the Afro-Asiatic - Berber The Berber languages (or Tamazight) are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. A very sparse population extends into the whole Sahara and the northern part of the Sahel. They belong to the Afro-Asiatic languages phylum. There is a strong movement... Berber language)) is the capital and cultural centre of the region Tanga ( Tangier (in Berber and Arabic Tanja, in Spanish Tánger and in French Tanger) is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 350,000, or 550,000 including suburbs. It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. According to Berber... Tangiers) in the north of The Kingdom of Morocco is a country in northwest Africa. It has a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Algeria to the east, Western Sahara to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to its north and west... Morocco. In 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. Pascal Couchepin becomes President of the Confederation in... 2003 the city had about 320,000 inhabitants.

The city is situated about 40kms east of the city of Tangier (in Berber and Arabic Tanja, in Spanish Tánger and in French Tanger) is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 350,000, or 550,000 including suburbs. It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. According to Berber... Tangiers and not so far from Ceuta is a Spanish exclave in North Africa, located on the northernmost tip of Maghreb, on the Mediterranean coast near the Straits of Gibraltar. It is known in Arabic as سبتة (Sabtah in Standard Arabic, Sebta in Morocco). Its area is approximately 28 km². Ceuta is... Sebta (Ceuta) and the The Strait of Gibraltar as seen from space. The Strait of Gibraltar is the strait which separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea. On the northern side is Spain and Gibraltar, on the southern side Morocco and Ceuta (a Spanish exclave in North Africa). Its boundaries were known to... Strait of Gibraltar, either. It is in the far north of the This is about a region in Morocco: RIF is also an acronym/initialism. The Rif (from the Arabic word ريف countryside) is a mainly Berber mountainous region of northeastern Morocco, between the rivers Ouringa and Moulouya and the latitudes 34°19-35°29. Major cities include Al Hoceima... Rif Mountains. To the south and west of the city there are mountains.

History of Tétouan

The city was founded in the (4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean Rome conquers Spain Great Wall of China begun Indian traders regularly visited Arabia Scythians occupy... 3rd century BC. Artefacts from both the The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50N, 12°15E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat... Roman and the Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon and Syria. Phoenician civilization was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread right across the Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. Though ancient boundaries fluctuated, the southern... Phoenician era have been found.

Around Events Wenceslas III becomes king of Bohemia The Papacy removed to France following riots in the Papal State. Births Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga shogun Deaths Emperor Kameyama of Japan March 19- Blanche, daughter of King Philip III of France June 21 - Wenceslaus II of Bohemia August 23 - William Wallace (executed) Categories... 1305 a city was built here by the Merinid dynasty; a Berber dynasty in Morocco (1244-1465) Rulers: Abdalhaqq I. (1195-1217) Uthman I. (1217-1240) Muhammad I. (1240-1244) Abu Yahya Abu Bakr (1244 - 1258) Umar (1258 - 1259) Abu Yusuf Yaqub (1259 - 1286) Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1286 - 1306) Abu Tabil (1307 - 1308) Abu l-Rabia (1308 - 1310... Merinid king Abu Thabit. It served as a base for attacks on Ceuta. Around Events Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King Jean Froissart writes the Chronicles Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy Births Owen Tudor, seventh generation descedant of Rhys ap Gruffydd (approximate... 1400 it was destroyed by the The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spanish, because pirates used it for their attacks. By the end of the (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. Events Renaissance affects philosophy, science and art. The New Monarchs come to power in France, England, Portugal and Spain. Rise of... 15th century it was rebuilt by refugees from the For other uses, see Reconquista (Disambiguation). The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for reconquest) was the military conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by Christian rulers, led against the Moors from 718 to 1492. After the Muslim invasion of Iberia in 711 and the Battle of Guadalete the Moors had conquered most... reconquista (reconquest of Spain).

The city is situated in the area of Morocco which was formerly ruled by Spain. In 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. (click on link for calendar) Events January-March January 30 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 - New York Citys Grand Central Terminal opens as the worlds largest train station. February 3 - The 16th Amendment to the... 1913 it became the capital of the Spanish part of Morocco, and it remained its capital until 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base in... 1956. Many people in the city still speak This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish. On road signs often names are written both in Spanish and in Arabic is a Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. It is spoken throughout the Arab world and is widely known throughout the Islamic world. Arabic has been a literary language for over 1500 years, and is the liturgical language of Islam. The expression Arabic may refer either to... Arabic, through many signs are in Arabic and French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. In 1999 French was the 11th most spoken language in the world being spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother tongue, and... French, Morocco's second language. Tétouan became part of the independent state of Morocco when it was founded out of French Morocco and most of Spanish Morocco in 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base in... 1956.

Tétouan has also been home of an important The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Jewish community, which immigrated from The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spain after the For other uses, see Reconquista (Disambiguation). The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for reconquest) was the military conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by Christian rulers, led against the Moors from 718 to 1492. After the Muslim invasion of Iberia in 711 and the Battle of Guadalete the Moors had conquered most... reconquista and the Pedro Berruguete. Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fe (1475). The Spanish Inquisition was the Inquisition acting in Spain under the control of the Kings of Spain. This Inquisition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims and the policy of converting Spanish Jews and Muslims... Spanish Inquisition. The Jewish community spoke This article deals with the Judaeo-Spanish language. For the article on the various peoples by this name, please see Ladinos. Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew. Speakers are currently almost exclusively Sephardic Jews, but historically there have also been Ashkenazi speakers —... Ladino. Some of them emigrated later to This article is about the city in Algeria. See also Oran, Missouri Oran (population 700,000) is a city in northwest Algeria, situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast. Administration Oran is the capital of a province (wilaya) of the same name. History Oran was founded in the 10th century by... Oran, South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama... South America and much later to The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea... Israel, The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France and Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada. There are very few The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Jews left in Tétouan nowadays.

Sights in and around Tétouan

• A medina quarter is a distinct city section found in many North African cities. The medina is typically walled, contains many narrow and mazelike streets, and was built by Arabs as far back as the 9th century CE. Medinas often contain historical fountains, palaces, and mosques. The monuments are preserved... medina
  • The medina (old town) of Tétouan is on the World Heritage List of the UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. The Organization’s main objective is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture... UNESCO. The inner city is very characteristic and traditional. One can find many white houses here, only low houses. Everywhere in the city there are people performing their craftsmanship, like weavers, jewellers, leather workers. They often try to sell carpets to tourists as well. Also, one sees a lot of animals on the streets of the medina.
• The royal palace in Tétouan is situated just outside and by one of the entrances to the medina. There is a public square in front of it.

The Royal Palace at Tétouan

• The kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It was the place for the local leader to live. It served also as a defense when the city was under attacks. It had high walls, which usually had no windows. Some times, they were built on the top... kasbah
• A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. Masjid ( Arabic: مسجد - pronounced: mŭsjĭd) is the Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Malay, Hindi, Gujarati, and Marathi term for a mosque. This term is used widely throughout the Islamic world, and... mosques

External links

• Entry in Lexicorient (http://lexicorient.com/morocco/tiznit.htm)