Scala de la Kasbah

GPS coordinates: 31°30’54.5″N 9°46’19.9″W (31.515140, -9.772200)

Also Sqala or Skala de la Kasbah. It is a 2-level artillery platform that defends Essaouira. Military architect Theodor Cournut had used French style designing the fortification. So the sqala de la Kasbah forms (unique for Morocco) Saint-Malo look of the town.

Groundfloor is occupied by storage rooms. On the first floor you will find historical artillery battery of Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese canons. The platform ends with Borj Nord.

View to Scala du Port.

Map

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