Portugal, coming from the sea ( third part)

Collection title

Rihab Attarikh

ID

2MT00035

Source

SOREAD-2M (MA)

First broadcast date

05/19/2006

Production year

2006

Abstract

The strategic location of Mazagan on the west coast of Morocco allowed the Portuguese to occupy the region and found a city and build a fortress, around 1506. The new city soon became a very important commercial port. The Portuguese, chased from Azemmour and Agadir, came to the city which had been fortified since 1542. Indeed, a belt of thick walls gave the city its current appearance and made it a formidable citadel. During two centuries, Mazagan withstood the attacks of the moroccan army. The Portuguese had even to transform the storehouse into a tank to store drinking water. After a long siege, Sidi-Mohammed Ben Abdallah took the city in 1769. It was one of the last portuguese bastions in Morocco.

Type

video

Production companies

• 2M - Own production

Broadcaster

2M - 2M

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Fekerouni Jawaw
• Amaral Augusto
• Kara Azzeddine

Primary theme

Latin and oriental christendom

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages / Arab and muslim worlds
• Tourism and cultural sites / Tourist sites
• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Main harbours

Credits / Cast

• Maghraoui Soumaya - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1500 to 1800

Map locations

• Morocco - Atlantic coast - El Jadida

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

51m41

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