| History & patrimony |
| El Jadida, history of the city |
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El Jadida, history of the city - 1
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El Jadida, history of the city - 2
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| In 1502, the Portuguese shipwrecked men built a small fort there; twelve years later, in 1514, the king of Portugal built a strong castle and a small agglomeration baptized Mazagan (Mazagão). |
| In 1541 after the loss, of Agadir, Safi and Azemour, Portuguese decide to concentrate all there their efforts in making of Mazagan an impregnable citadel.... During 2 centuries they succeeded in pushing back all the attacks.... But in 1769 the Sultan Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah attacks Mazagan and after 2 months of siege, the king of Portugal gives the order to leave the place. Before evacuating, Portuguese burn their houses and mine the bastions and ramparts... so that when the attackers enter |
| Mazagan a series of explosions destroys the city. Although renamed El- Jadida ‘’the new one’’, the city remained in the state of ruins during almost 50 years, and it is only in 1820, on order of the Sultan Moulay Abderrahman that the old Portuguese city was brought to life. |
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