Essaouira

Sidi Megdoul
Sidi Megdoul
City and Wilaya
	Coordinates: 31°30′47″N 9°46′11″W / 31.51306°N 9.76972°WCoordinates: 31°30′47″N 9°46′11″W / 31.51306°N 9.76972°W
Country	Morocco
Region	Marrakesh-Safi
Government
• Mayor	Asma Chaâbi
Population (2004)
• Total	70,000
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)

Essaouira (Arabic: الصويرةcode: ar is deprecated ), formerly known as Mogador, is a city in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean.

Blue fishing boats in harbour

Souvenirs shops in Medina

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Essaouira Media

Resting place of Sidi Mogdoul in Essaouira.
The Portuguese-built Castelo Real of Mogador was defended under Abd el-Malek II by a garrison of 100 Moroccans. It was drawn by Adriaen Matham in 1641.
Map of Essaouira by Théodore Cornut. When he left in 1767, areas in pink were already built (streets are still recognizable); areas in yellow (harbour front and medina) were only projected.
Harbour fortifications were built by an English renegade named Ahmed El Alj in 1770, as described in the sculptured inscription in Arabic (right).
A Jewish house in Mogador, by Darondeau (1807–1841).
Essaouira_in_1809.
The attack of Mogador by the French fleet in August 1844, Serkis Diranian.
Iles Purpuraires, with Mogador island in the background seen from the ramparts of Essaouira.
Former Franco-Moroccan school in Derb Dharb street, Essaouira.
Gnawa musicians at the 2010 Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira