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Bab el-Marsa, port fortifications, fishing boats, and the straight axis of Essaouira's medina.

Mogador: port, walls, and medina

From Bab el-Marsa through the kasbah and markets to Bayt Dakira

3 hr 30 min2.4 km
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  1. Bab el-Marsa and Sqala du Port: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    This is where the port order began, with customs duty and artillery protection converging at the same gate.

  2. Casemates and Workshops of Moroccan Thuya: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    The fate of one apprentice connects the former artillery stores with the craft that continues here.

  3. Fishing Harbor: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    The working port becomes the setting for a story about filming that had to continue without money or costumes.

  4. Moulay Hassan Square and the trace of the menzeh: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    The open space makes it possible to reconstruct the boundaries of the vanished sultan's palace.

  5. Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    The collection will show how one curator searched for objects and information about still-living craft traditions.

  6. Souk Jdid: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    At this intersection, the layout of the city, created for the trade moved here, becomes clear.

  7. Sqala de la Ville: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    The work of craftsmen from a trading enterprise that did not survive its own debts has been preserved here.

  8. The Old Jewish Quarter and Bayt Dakira: story on the “Mogador: port, walls, and medina” route

    The final stop will connect the history of the trading port with the memory of a family and a departed community.

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