Morocco · 18th century
Sqala of Kasbah ranks #7,586 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #33 of the 41 mapped in Morocco. Founded c. 1750, it is older than 16% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Morocco compares in the castle statistics.
The Sqala of Kasbah, also called the sqala of the Town or sqala of the Medina, is an artillery platform dating from the 18th century and one of the principal fortifications of Essaouira, in Morocco. It stands along the Atlantic Ocean, in the kasbah.
Machine-translated from “Sqala de la Kasbah” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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