El Jadida (Berber: ⵎⴰⵣⵖⴰⵏ Mazaghan, Arabic: الجديدة Al-Jadida) is a port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, in the province of El Jadida. It has a population of 144,440 (2004 census). From the sea, El Jadida's old city; has a very "un-Moorish" appearance; it has massive Portuguese walls of hewn stone.
El Jadida, previously known as Mazagan (Portuguese: Mazagão), was seized in 1502 by the Portuguese and controlled until 1769, when they abandoned Mazagão, their last territory in Morocco. Upon their forced departure, the Portuguese destroyed the Governor's Bastion and evacuated to the Portuguese colony of Brazil, where they founded new settlement Nova Mazagão (now in Amapá).
The city was then taken over by Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah in 1769 and remained uninhabited, having been dubbed al-Mahdouma (The Ruined). Eventually, Sultan Abd al-Rahman of Morocco ordered that a mosque be built and the destroyed portions of the city rebuilt. The reinvigorated city was renamed al-Jadida, or The New. Manueline cistern of the El Jadida fortress. Ramparts of El Jadida The Portuguese Fortified City of Mazagan was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, on the basis of its status as an "outstanding example of the interchange of influences between European and Moroccan cultures" and as an "early example of the realisation of the Renaissance ideals integrated with Portuguese construction technology".
According to UNESCO, the most important buildings from the Portuguese period are the cistern, and the Manueline Church of the Assumption.
Portuguese Cistern Built in 1514, this former warehouse (possibly an armory) was converted into a cistern in the 16th century. The underground chamber, measuring 34 meters by 34 meters, was constructed with five rows of five stone pillars. The cistern is famous especially for the thin layer of water that covers the floor, and which creates fine and exciting reflections from the little light there is and the spartan shapes of the columns and the roof. Its visual qualities are such that several movies have been filmed within the cavernous space, of which Orson Welles' Othello is the best known internationally.
yimmi Jun 28, 2014
Hola Antonio, gracias por compartir tus rutas, con tu permiso, me bajo el track completo de la ruta 2014 y dos tramos de la misma. En Septiembre 2014 bajo al Sur desde Melilla, al Atlántico, hasta llegar a Agadir. Atravesaré para ello el Medio y Alto Atlas hasta llegar Ouarzazate y de allí a Adadir. Bajaré hasta TanTan y el regreso lo haré por la costa hasta llegar a Rabat, desde donde me desviaré hacia Fes y Melilla.
antonio_ Jun 30, 2014
Gracias yimmi y buena ruta!
en los enlaces de esta ruta a otras anteriores, encontrarás visita a Fes, Ouazarzate y otras que te puedan ser útiles.
naturalplanet4x4 Oct 30, 2016
Hola ! has hecho halgo que no sea asfalto??
antonio_ Oct 31, 2016
No muchas, por ejemplo dia 3: (Maroc) Tinerhir Zagora http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=2142448. Saludos
munozjo Aug 22, 2017
Buenas tardes Antonio, quería hacerte una pregunta. Estoy configurando una ruta para el año que viene y la que tienes publicada del 2014 me parece interesante. No me queda claro si la ruta que hicísteis es todo asfalto o son pistas con cierta dificultad que requiera cierta técnica? Gracias por anticipado
antonio_ Sep 4, 2017
Las de 2014, no tiene dificultad, son carreteras y pistas practicables, salvo diferencias sobrevenidas en el tiempo. Sólo el tramo en el PARK SOUS MASSA, es sin pista.
munozjo Sep 4, 2017
Gracias Antonio