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TETUAN (TETTAwAN)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 672 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TETUAN (TETTAwAN) , the only open See also:port of See also:Morocco on the Mediterranean, a few See also:miles S. of the Strait of See also:Gibraltar, and about 40 M. E.S.E. of See also:Tangier. See also:Population about 25,000, of whom a fifth are See also:Jews. It is picturesquely situated on the See also:northern slope of a fertile valley down which flows the W. Martil, with the See also:harbour of Tetuan, Martil, at its mouth. Behind rise rugged masses of See also:rock, the See also:southern See also:wall of the Anjera See also:country, practically closed to Europeans, and across the valley are the hills which See also:form the northern limit of the still more impenetrable Rif. In point of cleanliness Tetuan compares favourably with most Moorish towns. The streets are fairly wide and straight, and several of the houses belonging to aristocratic See also:Moors, descendants of those expelled from See also:Spain, have See also:fine courts surrounded by arcades, some with See also:marble fountains and planted with See also:orange trees. Within the houses the ceilings are often exquisitely carved and painted in Mauresque designs, such as are found in the See also:Alhambra, and the See also:tile-See also:work See also:fir which Tetuan is known may be seen on floors, pillars and dados. The See also:principal See also:industries are tilework, See also:inlaying with See also:silver See also:wire, and the manufacture of thick-soled yellow slippers, much-esteemed flintlocks, and See also:artistic " towels " used as cape and skirt by Moorish country girls. The Jews live in a mellah, separated from the See also:rest of the See also:town by See also:gates which are closed at See also:night. The harbour of Tetuan is obstructed by a See also:bar, over which only small vessels can pass, and the roadstead, sheltered to the N., N.W. and S., is exposed to the E., and is at times unsafe in consequence of the strong Levanter.

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present town of Tetuan See also:dates from 1492, when the Andalusian Moors first reared the walls and then filled the enclosure with houses. It had a reputation for piracy at various times in its See also:history. It was taken on the 4th of See also:February 1860 by the Spaniards under O'Donnell, and almost transformed by them into a See also:European See also:city before its evacuation on the 2nd of May 1862, but so hateful were the changes to the Moors that they completely destroyed all vestiges of alteration and reduced the city to its former See also:state. (K. A.

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