El Jadida or mazighen (Amazigh: Maziɣn, Arabic الجديدة) is a coastal city in Morocco, 96 km from Casablanca, prefecture of the province of El Jadida. El Jadida (or al-Jadida) is the current name of the former Mazagão (Mazagan), fortified town built by the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century, which was not taken over by the Moroccans in 1769. The fortification of the city Portuguese with its bastions and ramparts is an early example of Portuguese military architecture of the Renaissance. The surviving Portuguese buildings include the cistern Portuguese, the Portuguese fortress Mazagan and the Church of the Assumption, built in the Manueline style. They offer an outstanding example of the interchange of influences between European and Moroccan cultures. From the early nineteenth century, the city broke off the ramparts of the Portuguese city. It now extends far beyond what is only an historical island in Atlantic Ocean.
history:
Mooring popular browsers, the site is designated under the Mazagan place name Amazigh "mazighen" by al-Idrīsī (twelfth century) 1 and of Mesegan or Mazagem portolans some European Middle Ages. Some authors wetting was known to Europeans at the beginning of the Christian era: it would merge with the Port of Rutubis mentioned by Pliny the Elder (first century AD.) And that of spoken Rousibis Ptolemy (second century AD.) 2. Some historians argue that corresponds to the site of Akra quoted in the "Periplus of Hanno" (fifth century BC.) 3). It is no where assumptions.
The Portuguese erected at Mazagan fortress - a castle with four towers - in 1514, then in 1542 a walled city surrounded by thick walls, which could accommodate several thousand people, all from Portugal.
For over two centuries, Mazagan resisted the onslaught of Moroccans seeking to seize it. The Portuguese presence ended in 1769 when the city was taken by Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah. On the eve of the assault, the commander of the place of Lisbon received the order to evacuate the city. An agreement was signed with Mohamed Ben Abdellah for the Portuguese left the city without fear of attack. Before they left, they decided to undermine all bastions. When the Moroccans entered the city, a series of explosions destroyed the walls and caused many casualties. Between the liberation of the town until the early nineteenth century, the city was called El-Mehdoûma, "The Ruined."
Moulay Abd ar-Rahman proclaimed sultan in 1822, decided to restore the fortified city and call El Jadida, "New". European traders, mostly from English Gibraltar, settled there. The city welcomed many people from the interior of the country. She quickly overflowed the limits of the Portuguese city, now often referred to as Mellah because the Jews were the most numerous. In the early twentieth century, El Jadida, the Europeans continued to call Mazagan, became one of the most important ports of Morocco.
From 1912, under the protectorate of France, a new city was created including a business center (government, banks, etc.) and residential areas to the attention of French emigrants.
The French were charmed by this beautiful city. It thus became a seaside resort due to its mild climate and its beaches. After independence in 1956, becomes Mazagan El Jadida.
June 30, 2004, at the 28th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Suzhou in China, the Moroccan city of Mazagan (El Jadida) is listed as Unesco World Heritage.
Today El Jadida attracts history buffs curious to discover the fortified city by Portuguese, moviegoers walking in the footsteps of Orson Welles and many summer visitors.
During the summer (July-August) there is the famous Moussem Moulay Abdellah Amghar, which attracts over a hundred thousand visitors.
Today, El Jadida was completely modernized, it is true that there are still neighborhoods, but as a whole, the city has been transformed. It is very cultural with its monuments, but also tourism with its beautiful beach and its hotels. It should become one of the most tourist cities of Morocco as many projects are underway to El Jadida a new city.
history:
Mooring popular browsers, the site is designated under the Mazagan place name Amazigh "mazighen" by al-Idrīsī (twelfth century) 1 and of Mesegan or Mazagem portolans some European Middle Ages. Some authors wetting was known to Europeans at the beginning of the Christian era: it would merge with the Port of Rutubis mentioned by Pliny the Elder (first century AD.) And that of spoken Rousibis Ptolemy (second century AD.) 2. Some historians argue that corresponds to the site of Akra quoted in the "Periplus of Hanno" (fifth century BC.) 3). It is no where assumptions.
The Portuguese erected at Mazagan fortress - a castle with four towers - in 1514, then in 1542 a walled city surrounded by thick walls, which could accommodate several thousand people, all from Portugal.
For over two centuries, Mazagan resisted the onslaught of Moroccans seeking to seize it. The Portuguese presence ended in 1769 when the city was taken by Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah. On the eve of the assault, the commander of the place of Lisbon received the order to evacuate the city. An agreement was signed with Mohamed Ben Abdellah for the Portuguese left the city without fear of attack. Before they left, they decided to undermine all bastions. When the Moroccans entered the city, a series of explosions destroyed the walls and caused many casualties. Between the liberation of the town until the early nineteenth century, the city was called El-Mehdoûma, "The Ruined."
Moulay Abd ar-Rahman proclaimed sultan in 1822, decided to restore the fortified city and call El Jadida, "New". European traders, mostly from English Gibraltar, settled there. The city welcomed many people from the interior of the country. She quickly overflowed the limits of the Portuguese city, now often referred to as Mellah because the Jews were the most numerous. In the early twentieth century, El Jadida, the Europeans continued to call Mazagan, became one of the most important ports of Morocco.
From 1912, under the protectorate of France, a new city was created including a business center (government, banks, etc.) and residential areas to the attention of French emigrants.
The French were charmed by this beautiful city. It thus became a seaside resort due to its mild climate and its beaches. After independence in 1956, becomes Mazagan El Jadida.
June 30, 2004, at the 28th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Suzhou in China, the Moroccan city of Mazagan (El Jadida) is listed as Unesco World Heritage.
Today El Jadida attracts history buffs curious to discover the fortified city by Portuguese, moviegoers walking in the footsteps of Orson Welles and many summer visitors.
During the summer (July-August) there is the famous Moussem Moulay Abdellah Amghar, which attracts over a hundred thousand visitors.
Today, El Jadida was completely modernized, it is true that there are still neighborhoods, but as a whole, the city has been transformed. It is very cultural with its monuments, but also tourism with its beautiful beach and its hotels. It should become one of the most tourist cities of Morocco as many projects are underway to El Jadida a new city.
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