Chefchaouen or The Blue Pearl is
a breathtaking mountain town in northeastern Morocco. The picturesque medina,
set against the dramatic backdrop of the Rif Mountains, is filled with
white-washed homes with distinctive, powder-blue accents. Every street is
better taken care of and cleaner than any other city in Morocco.
The blue-rinsed houses and buildings
mirror the cloudless Moroccan sky – but religious rather than stylistic reasons
are behind the design choice that comes from the town’s former Jewish
population. In Judaism, blue represents the sky as well as the heavens,
reminding everyone to live a life full of spiritual awareness.
The name “Chefchaouen” simply
refers to the shapes of the mountaintops that tower over the town, that look
like the two horns (chaoua) of a goat. “Chef Chaouen” literally means, “look at
the horns”.
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