Harbour Fortifications At The Essaouira Fo Stock Photography

Morocco: Harbour fortifications at the Essaouira fortified city with Dutch cannon made by Adrianus Crans in La Hague in 1744 and installed in Essaouira. Essaouira is a city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast. Since the 16th century, the city has also been known by its Portuguese name of Mogador or Mogadore. The Berber name means the wall, a reference to the fortress walls that originally enclosed the city.