PETITE PLACE DES HABOUS

Petite Place des Habous features a central fountain crafted from zellij tilework, surrounded by arched arcades that house traditional bookstores and craft shops. Built in the nineteen thirties under the French Protectorate, the quarter was designed to provide affordable housing for rural migrants while preserving Moroccan architectural styles. Marshal Lyautey insisted on this traditional aesthetic to keep the city orderly. One early resident, a merchant named Ahmed, famously traded his carpets here for decades, never once leaving the square’s shaded perimeter.