{"id":482105,"date":"2025-10-08T05:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482105\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T05:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:11:18","slug":"mural-unveiled-in-tottenham-ahead-of-africa-cup-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482105\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural unveiled in Tottenham ahead of Africa Cup of Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A mural in Tottenham is readying people for the Africa Cup of Nations in 100 days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Londoners can now spot one of the city&#8217;s biggest new murals in Tottenham, a\u00a0celebration of Morocco, football, and art unveiled by reviews website Tripadvisor and Visit Morocco tourist board.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Just before the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) begins in Morocco, the\u00a0artwork brings a splash of North African colour and energy to north London.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Almost 10 metres high and nine metres wide, it is the work of\u00a0UK street artist Peachzz.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Located off Fore Street, only minutes from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, its takes inspiration from\u00a0Peachzz&#8217;s travels through Morocco.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Crystal Palace defender Chadi Riad joined Peachzz to reveal the piece (Image: Stefan Jakubowski \/ Hunter PR)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This reflects the country\u2019s rich culture, bold colours, and passion for the beautiful game.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Moroccan international and Crystal Palace defender Chadi Riad joined Peachzz to unveil the piece.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>A close up of the new mural unveiled ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (Image: Stefan Jakubowski \/ Hunter PR)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Riad, who has been capped three times for his country, said: &#8220;A mural like this will spark curiosity, encourage people to find out more about Morocco, and inspire them to engage with AFCON when it comes around.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It feels right for London, a city with such a rich history of creative expression, to be the place where our football and our culture are celebrated together.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This artwork is the first in a series of large-scale, artist-led murals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mural in Tottenham is readying people for the Africa Cup of Nations in 100 days. Londoners can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-482105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115336831802722295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}