Tanger - The gate to the Orient The mythology of the town of Tangier is based on the Berber and Greek legends. For the Berber ones, Tangier was founded following the return of a dove to the Arch of Noah with soil on its claws, indicating that there was a new world - Tanja in Berber language.

For the Greeks, the birth of Tangier derives from the name of the woman giant Anthée. For the ancient Greek authors Tangier was "the most beautiful city of the known world", "a region of gods where the men are the tallest and most beautiful that one can find".

In the history of Tangier, the city is rich in invasion and subject to the influences of many men, like Ibn Battuta a great Islamic traveler, many writers and artists, such as for example the American Paul Bowles. Tangier always has been privileged by its geographical situation as the door to Africa and was during centuries an important international meeting point. Following the independence of Morocco, Tangier again became stronger attached to its country and found its Islamic roots. Tangier is currently a cosmopolitan and pleasant city where one can still smell the various cultural currents which has formed the city.

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