We must save the soul of "Mazagan"!

Everywhere you go in El-Jadida, you discover traces of a rich and varied history during your walk: ramparts of the old Portuguese city, military cistern, Sidi Bouafi lighthouse, municipal theatre, Cohen building... Unfortunately, what was called "Mazagan" (Mazagaô in Portuguese), an architectural jewel and symbol of tolerance and coexistence of the three monotheistic religions on Islamic soil, is today almost left to abandonment."Mazagan", with its monumental ramparts, its splendid cistern, its 16th-century urban layout and its role in promoting interculturalism, is certainly a tourist destination, but also a living memory that reminds us of a few pages in the history of humanity in this region of the Maghreb and Africa. This is why our ancestors always insisted on preserving the soul and character of these places, in the concern to perpetuate history and transmit it through generations…