Master craftsmen (maalems) Moroccan transmits from generation to generation an art which finds its full blooming in the ornament of the sumptuous houses, the palates or the monuments. This know-how requires a long training which starts as of childhood; if the tools remain rather summary, the personal skill of these craftsmen is exceptional. Azzedine Bouzoubaa, honored this rich heritage, son of the late Haj Abdenbi ben Haj Ahmed Bouzoubaa, he represents the third generation of the undisputed master craftsmen of modern Morocco.

Born in Fès, city spiritual of the kingdom, he devoted their whole life to this noble trade with love and passion with an only aim of entreating the lapse of memory which threatened art of the zellige and of ensuring at the same time continuity in modernity for the craftsmen. In short, his great dedication is to have made a success of a happy marriage between tradition and modernity in this art arabo-Moslem which goes back to the era of Maures of Andalusia in Spain towards XIVè century.

Thanks to the nobility of its founder's vision and assiduity, Art Zelliges has experienced unprecedented growth. Originally created on the basis of ancestral practices in the early 1970s, it quickly became a modern company run by a master craftsman rooted in the art of zellige.

With more than thirty years of activity, Art Zelliges has designed, among others, the zelliges of the palaces of His Majesty King Fahd Ibn ABDULAZIZ of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Casablanca, Fez and Tangier; as well as that of the Crown Prince Abdellah Ibn ABDELAZIZ in Riyadh and other high standing residences of the Saudi royal family.
Art Zelliges also brings together more than 20 of the most famous craftsmen in Morocco, with a complementary workforce of hundreds of craftsmen: a guarantee of high production capacity, with creativity and innovation as a permanent concern, which are the company's primary missions.

A qualified and dynamic team awaits your e-mail to give you further information and to advise you in your decorative choices on this almost thousand-year-old art.

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