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Ksar es-Seghir
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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.
Site Information
Country: Morocco
District: Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Phoenician
Later Cultures: Roman + Byzantine + Islamic + Portuguese
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
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