Initially instigated in 1415, Chefchaouen was completed in 1480 by the Sharif Ali ibn Rachid Alami, back from a warrior living in the kingdom of Grenade1. The city hosts a subsequent population composed mainly Andalusians and Moriscos and remains forbidden to Christians on pain of death. Only the explorer Charles de Foucauld brava prohibited in 1883.
Between 1471 and 1561, the city was ruled by the dynasty of Banu Rashid, descendants of its founder, nominally vassals of the Sultans Wattassides and will be reunited in Morocco by Saadi.
In 1920, the Spanish seized Chefchaouen, which is then bombed by Franco's troops. The city was surrendered to Morocco in 1956, following the repeal of the protectorate.
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