Castelo Real

Castelo Real of Mogador
Castelo Real of Mogador, by Adriaen Matham, 1641.
Castelo Real of Mogador, by Adriaen Matham, 1641.
Castelo Real of Mogador is located in Morocco
Castelo Real of Mogador
Castelo Real of Mogador
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 31°30′34″N 9°46′30″W / 31.50944°N 9.77500°W / 31.50944; -9.77500
Country Morocco
RegionMarrakesh-Safi
ProvinceEssaouira
Castelo Real of Mogador, by Théodore Cornut 1767.
Location of the Castelo Real ("Chateau") at the northern edge of the bay of Mogador, where the harbour of Essaouira is located today.

Castelo Real was a Portuguese castle established in Mogador, now Essaouira in Morocco, by the Portuguese in 1506.[1]

  1. ^ "By 1506, at Mogador, his Castelo Real had risen firm and strong, in spite of opposition from fierce fanatical Berbers" The reign of the fortunate king, 1495-1521 Elaine Sanceau Archon Books, 1970 p.89