“Zahia Palace” Location
Tangier is known as a gathering place for civilizations and ancient cultures. It carries its history in the design of its houses, palaces, squares and streets. The effect of time and wars, the renewal of tastes and techniques left Tangier in a magnificent set of architecture, houses, palaces ... that makes its specificity. In a country of ancient civilizations; Tangier carries its history in the design of its houses, palaces, squares and streets. The effect of time and wars, the renewal of tastes and techniques have made of the city of Tangier a cultural crossroads of the world’s cultures.
Petit Socco is one of the oldest places in Tangier frequented and inhabited by artists, intellectuals, poets, painters and filmmakers. Businessmen, politicians and spies lived there together. Places of worship are many: mosques, synagogues and churches. It is the very symbol of tolerance and peaceful cohabitation. A widely varied architecture is implanted there: Moorish, Arab-Moslem and Christian arts, walls, towers, portals, arcades, etc.
