"Mogador" and "Mogadore" redirect here. For the hamlet in Surrey, see Mogador, Surrey. For the village in Ohio, see Mogadore, Ohio. For the class of French destroyer, see Mogador-class destroyer.
City in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
Essaouira
الصويرة
City
Clockwise from top: Essaouira skyline, city wall bastion, Magana clocktower, Essaouira citadel by Scala harbour, Mosque Ben Youssef
Essaouira (/ˌɛsəˈwɪərə/ESS-ə-WEER-ə; Arabic: الصويرة, romanized: aṣ-Ṣawīra), known until the 1960s as Mogador (Arabic: موغادور, romanized: Mūghādūr, or موݣادور, Mūgādūr), is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It has 77,966 inhabitants as of 2014.
The foundation of the city of Essaouira was the work of the Moroccan 'Alawid sultan Mohammed bin Abdallah, who made an original experiment by entrusting it to several architects in 1760, in particular Théodore Cornut and Ahmed al-Inglizi, who designed the city using French captives from the failed French expedition to Larache in 1765, and with the mission of building a city adapted to the needs of foreign merchants. Once built, it continued to grow and experienced a golden age and exceptional development, becoming the country's most important commercial port but also its diplomatic capital between the end of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century.
Medina of Essaouira was designated by the UNESCO a World Heritage Site in 2001.
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Essaouira (/ˌɛsəˈwɪərə/ ESS-ə-WEER-ə; Arabic: الصويرة, romanized: aṣ-Ṣawīra), known until the 1960s as Mogador (Arabic: موغادور, romanized: Mūghādūr,...
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the Hausa-Fulani Emirate, which was under Morocco influence (Opinion of Essaouira Gnawa Maalems, Maalem Sadiq, Abdallah Guinia, and many others). The Moroccan...
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to move to mellahs in the towns of the coastal region, in Rabat, Salé, Essaouira, and Tetouan. (In Tetouan, the Spanish word judería was later used as...
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monuments that are classified by the Moroccan ministry of culture around Essaouira. "Inventaire et Documentation du Patrimoine Culturel du Maroc". idpc.ma...
located on the Atlantic coast of Morocco in the region between Safi and Essaouira. The Chiadma territory is divided into two regions. The western portion...
supermarkets. His daughter, Asma Chaâbi has been mayor of the city of Essaouira from 2003 to 2009, and was the first woman to hold such a position in...
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Memory is a Jewish museum located in the Jewish quarter "Mellah" of Essaouira's old medina in Morocco. The museum aims to be a spiritual space dedicated...
is an American professional basketball player who last played for Amal Essaouira of the Nationale 1. After two years at Rutgers University and two years...
Moroccan Jews started migrating from the interior to coastal cities such as Essaouira, Mazagan, Asfi, and later Casablanca for economic opportunity, participating...
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