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| Chefchaouen, Morocco |
It is common to see people with a big brush painting the exterior walls of their homes year after year to maintain the numerous shades of blue that can be found throughout Chefchaouen. There are so many different shades because the people add a blue pigment to a whitewash liquid. Depending upon how much they use, they create a ligher or darker effect. Some say that this blue color started with the large number of Jewish people who settled here fleeing from Spain during the Spanish Inquisition and others say that it merely keeps the mosquitos away! Who knows?! Whatever the reason, it is absolutely a treat for the senses to experience it in person!
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