The Jiafs Gate

About this place

This gate is also known as the low gate, because it is located at the bottom of the city, but most people in Tetouan call it Bab Jiaf. Perhaps the origin of this name comes from the fact that people used to throw out their dead animals in addition to dead pets like cats and dogs. This gate was also known as the gate of passage of the dead of the Jewish community of Tetouan because of its proximity to the old neighborhood of the Mellah. The construction of this gate dates back to the second half of the 17th century. This gate was known during the first centuries as the Puerta de Alfonso, King Alfonso VIII of Castile.