BLUE STREET WITH MURALS

The walls of this alleyway wear layers of powder blue paint, a tradition that deepened across Chefchaouen throughout the nineteen thirties. While some credit the practice to Jewish refugees fleeing Europe who chose the color to mirror the sky and heaven, others suggest it served to deter mosquitoes or keep homes cool during intense summer heat. Local families maintain the color by scrubbing and repainting these surfaces every spring. The pigment turns the entire corridor into a cooling, monochromatic channel shielded from the Moroccan sun.