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PMR-D7615 Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new"). The Angel Bastion in the west is a sea defence. Keywords: Africa, national heritage, culture, fortifications, fortress, historic, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, UNESCO

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Upload Date: 2019-04-23 15:40:25
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Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan,

founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
The Angel Bastion in the west is a sea defence.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, culture, fortifications, fortress, historic, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, UNESCO