Travel Poster Ketama Morocco Bertuchi Winter

Original vintage travel poster for Ketama, which was part of Spanish Morocco, from 1912 to 1956 - Ketama, Marruecos, Protectorado Espanol - with a great artwork by Spanish artist Mariano Bertuchi showing a caravan of donkeys travelling through the snow. Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in the Maghreb region of North Africa with an area of 710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi). Its capital is Rabat, the largest city Casablanca. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Morocco claims the areas of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, all of them under Spanish jurisdiction. Educationally and culturally, Morocco hosts the worlds oldest university (ie. place of continuous higher tertiary education) which is in Fez, the University of Al Quaraouiyine. Since the foundation of the first Moroccan state by Idris I in 788 AD, the country has been ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith under the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties, spanning parts of Iberia and northwestern Africa. The Marinid and Saadi dynasties continued the struggle against foreign domination, allowing Morocco to remain the only northwest African country to avoid Ottoman occupation. The Alaouite dynasty, which rules to this day, seized power in 1631. In 1912, Morocco was divided into French and Spanish protectorates, with an international zone in Tangier. It regained its independence in 1956, and has since remained comparatively stable and prosperous by regional standards. Ketama is a small town and rural commune in Al Hoceïma Province of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 15,924 people living in 2,444 households. Poor condition, paper losses and tears in top margin, pinholes in bottom margin. Country: Spain, year of printing: 1930s, designer: Mariano Bertuchi, size (cm): 23x15