the lazy plaza of Tangier

The aptly named the lazy plaza in Tangier provides sweeping views of the port and, on a clear day, Gibraltar and Spain. A set of ancient cannons faces the bay, symbolically warding off usurpers.
The Etymology of this name is  due to that was a comfort point and the next gathering of Fez by convoys loaded with goods from various regions of Morocco and Sudan, before going to market Barrani "Square April 9 now" in order to buy and sell .
During the year 1908 the city authorities gave the orders to inventory built a wall to serve these traders, the construction of a short wall by the contractor was Hispanic was called "Peña