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Updated 17 October 2026
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Essaouira

Formerly Mogador, an 18th-century planned town whose medina has been a World Heritage site since 2001; Marrakesh-Safi region.

Region Marrakesh-Safi

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Generated image: the Skala of Essaouira, ramparts and cannons facing the Atlantic

The city guide

Generated image: a street in Essaouira with white walls and blue shutters, a cat on a doorstep, the ocean at the end. Cities The Medina of Essaouira: an 18th-century planned town, its safeguarding plan and its weak points The only medina designed in one stroke, its Vauban-style walls, the stone that salt eats, its safeguarding plan, and the Mellah that ownership blocks. 6 October 2026 9 min

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