The surviving Portuguese buildings include the cistern and the Church of the Assumption, built in the Manueline style of late Gothic architecture. The Portuguese City of Mazagan - one of the early ...

The Portuguese fortification of Mazagan, now part of the city of El Jadida, 90-km southwest of Casablanca, was built as a fortified colony on the Atlantic coast in the early 16th century. It was taken ...

Walk in the main gate of Mazagan and the traffic ... They built a modest citadel atop a water cistern. By 1541, the Moroccans had turned against the Portuguese and the northerners consolidated ...

Mazagan has an excellent hammam ... streets are a smorgasbord for history and architecture lovers, with a Portuguese cistern and Gothic church dominating the skyline. El Jadida’s medina is ...

Attractions include the Mazagan Fortress, shaped like a star with old cannons still in place. There is also the Portuguese Cisterns, featuring in the Orson Welles’ film Othello, where you can ...

The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed three new cultural sites on the World Heritage List at the committee's 28th ...