Forever protected by the trade winds, drowned in the midst of flowers, the White Essaouira smells of all species that its working cabinetmakers. Charming small town with very special character houses with blue shutters, the former Mogador strangely recalls the Greek islands, while suggesting its ramparts in Saint-Malo. In short, you feel at home. In addition the temperature is almost always 25 º C, which change of 40 º C in summer Marrakesh. No wonder that many are rushing Marrakchi, fleeing the heat.
Protected by the fortifications of a beautiful pinkish tan, this pleasant surprise, however, cited some visitors with its straight streets. His plan was in fact designed in the eighteenth century by a French, Theodore Cornut, emulating Vauban.
Like St. Petersburg and Brasilia, Essaouira is one of the few cities in the world where urban planning has been thought before construction.
NOT TO BE MISSED
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PORT
Mainly devoted to fishing, it is one of the most animated of the city, especially the return of boats. The fish is then sold at auction. A show not to be missed. Access to the port by the customs post at the top of the beach or by the door of Madne. The docks are transformed into yards. You'll build wooden boats but as we do not built elsewhere. Their shape was reminiscent of the old dhows.
THE DOOR OF THE MARINE
Built in the year of the Hegira 1184 to connect the city to the port, it was built by an English renegade. It is omée two columns of a classical triangular pediment. It has great speed. A staircase can sometimes access to the top of the wall of the port of Skala and even getting into the bartizans. Very nice view of the islands purpuraires and on the beach. The guns are omes blazons of Portuguese, Spanish and Flemish. It was in this amazing scene qu'Orson Welles shot some scenes of his Othello which was winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1952.
THE SKALA
The door of the Navy, toward the place Moulay.el-Hassan and turn left into Rue de la Kasbah along the walls and that we follow through. Cross the passage under the arch to discover in the old warehouses of ammunition artisan workshops marqueteurs. Their works are thuya magnifying glass, inlaid wood lemon, Ebony and sometimes copper wire. Climb the ramp leading to the platform about 200 m long, protected from the ocean by a crenellated wall made of boulders sawn. Seen from above, there are still traces of saw and the hole, a remnant of the maneuver used to move those rocks. Fine collection of bronze cannons trained on the ocean.
Protected by the fortifications of a beautiful pinkish tan, this pleasant surprise, however, cited some visitors with its straight streets. His plan was in fact designed in the eighteenth century by a French, Theodore Cornut, emulating Vauban.
Like St. Petersburg and Brasilia, Essaouira is one of the few cities in the world where urban planning has been thought before construction.
NOT TO BE MISSED
essaouira_2.jpg
PORT
Mainly devoted to fishing, it is one of the most animated of the city, especially the return of boats. The fish is then sold at auction. A show not to be missed. Access to the port by the customs post at the top of the beach or by the door of Madne. The docks are transformed into yards. You'll build wooden boats but as we do not built elsewhere. Their shape was reminiscent of the old dhows.
THE DOOR OF THE MARINE
Built in the year of the Hegira 1184 to connect the city to the port, it was built by an English renegade. It is omée two columns of a classical triangular pediment. It has great speed. A staircase can sometimes access to the top of the wall of the port of Skala and even getting into the bartizans. Very nice view of the islands purpuraires and on the beach. The guns are omes blazons of Portuguese, Spanish and Flemish. It was in this amazing scene qu'Orson Welles shot some scenes of his Othello which was winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1952.
THE SKALA
The door of the Navy, toward the place Moulay.el-Hassan and turn left into Rue de la Kasbah along the walls and that we follow through. Cross the passage under the arch to discover in the old warehouses of ammunition artisan workshops marqueteurs. Their works are thuya magnifying glass, inlaid wood lemon, Ebony and sometimes copper wire. Climb the ramp leading to the platform about 200 m long, protected from the ocean by a crenellated wall made of boulders sawn. Seen from above, there are still traces of saw and the hole, a remnant of the maneuver used to move those rocks. Fine collection of bronze cannons trained on the ocean.
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