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  • Ksar es-Seghir

  • Ksar es-Seghir

    Ksar es-Seghir, Al-Qasr al-Seghir, Ancient Lissa, is a small town on the Mediterranean coast in northwest Morocco. It was founded by Phoenicians and was known as a salting post in Roman times by the name of Lissa or Exilissa. The first settlement dates back to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in 708-709 AD, when a fort was erected there known as Ksar Mesmouda.
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    Ksar es-Seghir
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    Ksar es-Seghir

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Morocco

    Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima

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    First Millennium BC

    Phoenician

    Roman + Byzantine + Islamic + Portuguese

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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