Agadir Oufella: Majestic Views from Above

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Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufla is the local name of the Kasbah of Agadir. The word "Agadir" means "fort", and "Oufella" is an Amazigh word meaning "above". Agadir Oufella, therefore, implies the fortress at the top.
The Kasbah of Agadir Oufla is a historical site in Agadir, Morocco, and it once served as the home of the ancient city of Agadir, most of which was damaged by the city's earthquake.

In the northern part of the city of Agadir, close to the present-day harbor, the fort is located atop a mountain towering 236 meters above sea level.

History

Joo Lopes de Sequeira, a Portuguese nobleman, seized the region around 1505, before the Sa'dis fortified the location.

At the base of a hill, he constructed a wooden fortress, and Santa Cruz do Cabo do Gué, a Portuguese colony , was established.

The castle was later bought by the King of Portugal in 1513.

Their presence elicited growing hostility from the local population of the Sous, until in 1540 the Sa'di sultan Muhammad al-Shaykh occupied the main hill above the city and installed artillery to prepare an attack on the Portuguese fortress below.

The siege began in February 1541 and was successfully concluded in March.

The site was then left unoccupied for years until Muhammad's successor, Abdallah al-Ghalib (r. 1557–1574), built a new fortress on the hilltop.

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Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella

Agadir Oufella