Al-Haouta Oven

The Al-Haouta Oven, or Horno El-Haouta, is a traditional communal bakery dating back to the sixteenth century, likely built between fifteen forty and fifteen sixty. It sits within the medina of Chefchaouen, operating as a wood-fired furnace that has served the surrounding neighborhood for generations. You can often identify it by the scent of baking dough and the plumes of smoke rising from its chimney.