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The small fortress (Souira), Essaouira

RIBA Ref No RIBA41338
Architect/DesignerCornut, Theodore
Artist/PhotographerKamen, Ruth
CountryMorocco
CityEssaouira
Subject Date1766
Image Date2009
ViewExterior
MediumDigital image
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditRuth Kamen / RIBA Collections
SubjectFortifications ; Stone ; Seaside architecture
NOTES: Theodore Cornut, a mathematician and military architect born in Avignon, was taken prisoner during a failed assault on Larache and became a slave to the King of Morocco. He was commissioned by Sidi Mohamed ben Abdallah, an Alaouite Sultan, to build the city of Mogador (modern Essaouira) in 1766, for which he ultimately obtained his freedom.
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