Graciosa fortress
Graciosa fortress | |
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Coordinates: 35°9′43″N 6°4′13″W / 35.16194°N 6.07028°W | |
Country | Morocco |
Region | Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima |
The Graciosa fortress was established on the coast of
The fortress was built in February 1489 by Gaspar Jusarte. In May, a second fleet led by D. Pedro de Castelo Branco reached the island, and Diogo Fernandes de Almeida was named governor.
Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi attacked the island to dislodge the Portuguese. After the Moroccan had blocked the river with trees, the Portuguese in Graciosa fortress had to capitulate. By the Treaty of Xamez, signed on August 27, 1489, they evacuated the island. The Portuguese thus did not resist long in Graciosa, and the Moroccans soon founded Larache at the mouth of the river.[1]
Altogether, the Portuguese are documented to have seized 6 Moroccan towns, and built 6 stand-alone fortresses on the Moroccan Atlantic coast, between the river Loukos in the north and the river of
See also
- Morocco-Portugal relations