essaouira

Formerly called Amogdul (the well-kept) in Berber, Mogdura Portuguese, Spanish and French in Mogador Mogador, Essaouira (الصويرة) (well prepared) is a port city in Morocco on the Atlantic coast with approximately 70 000 inhabitants and the chief city of the province of the same name with about 500 000 inhabitants. Medina is the inscription on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
the new city:

In 1764, Sultan Mohammed ben Abdellah decided to install in its naval base in Essaouira, where pirates punish the inhabitants of Agadir in rebellion against his authority. Theodore Cornut uses a French architect in the payment of British Gibraltar. The Sultan received all the honors due to a great performer and entrusted with the implementation of the new city "in the middle of the sand and wind, where there was nothing." Cornut Avignon, which had been used by Louis XV to the construction of fortifications in the Roussillon, he worked three years to build the port and the Kasbah, the original is preserved in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris. It seems that the second ring of walls and Medina were well after the departure of Cornut. The Sultan has decided to extend their cooperation, to criticize the French for being too expensive and have worked for the British enemy. With its highly regular, the city deserves its current name Saou is, which means "the well-designed." The importance of Essaouira has continued to grow until the first half of the nineteenth century, the city experienced great prosperity due to the large Jewish community. There are up to 17 000 10 000 Jews to Muslims only. The Moroccan bourgeoisie came to buy jewelry. It has long been known as the port of Timbuktu, as the caravans laden with gold, spices and slaves from sub-Saharan Africa were negotiated. Trade was flourishing. But most Jews left after the Six Day War. Today, there are some Jewish families in the city. For years, Morocco was the only port opened to foreign trade. The decline began with the French protectorate and the development of other ports (Casablanca, Tangier, Agadir). Handicapped by its waters and can not receive large modern ships, the city experienced a revival, however spectacular the last fifteen years, mainly due to the revival of tourism, but also to its cultural vocation. Essaouira is now the capital of a province of 500 000 inhabitants, mostly farmers. The city is linked by a cooperation with Saint-Malo, under the auspices of Unesco. Sister city of La Rochelle.
Tourism:

Tourism is increasingly important in Essaouira, with beautiful hotels located in the Moroccan riads in the old city. There are also modern hotels along the beach. Essaouira is also famous for windsurfing and kite-surf, thanks to powerful winds that blow almost constantly at bay.