Mazaghan

Mazaghan is a fortified port on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, later known as El Jadida. The Portuguese enlarged its citadel between 1541 and 1548 into a star-shaped fortress with bastions designed for artillery. Inside the walls stood a vaulted cistern and a church in the Manueline style. Mazaghan remained a Portuguese stronghold long after other coastal possessions had been lost, until its evacuation in 1769.