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White walls, painted murals

Asilah

A whitewashed Atlantic town where artists paint new murals on the medina walls each summer.

Assilah, Morocco
Photo: Dans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Asilah is medina white

Asilah is a small fortified town on Morocco's Atlantic coast, south of Tangier. Its sea walls were built by the Portuguese in the 15th century. Inside them, the houses of the medina are whitewashed, with doors, window grilles and the lower part of walls painted blue or green. Since 1978 the town has held an arts festival each summer. Invited artists from Morocco and abroad paint murals directly on the white walls, and these stay until they are painted over for the next round. The festival was started by local people to revive a run-down town, and it led to restored streets and houses. Out of season, Asilah is quiet, bright and clean.

Medina white#F5F4EFDoor blue#2F6FB5Shutter green#3E9B8AAtlantic blue#3F6F9E

Values are fair approximations of what the eye sees there, not measurements.

Colours tied to Asilah

WhiteThe lightest colour, seen in snow, milk and chalk, and opposite to black
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Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Asilah" on Wikipedia. If you know Asilah and we have it wrong, tell us.

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